Kailidiscus

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderms which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period.^[1] It was named by Yuanlong Zhao, Colin D. Sumrall, Ronald L. Parsley and Jin Peng in 2010, and the type and only species is Kailidiscus chinensis.^[1] It bears close resemblance to the Burgess Shale fossil Walcottidiscus.^[2]

Kailidiscus chinensis Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Edrioasteroidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Kailidiscus Zhao et al., 2010
Species:	K. chinensis
Binomial name
Kailidiscus chinensis Zhao et al., 2010