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Xanioascus

Extinct genus of comb jellies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Xanioascus
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Xanioascus canadensis is an extinct ctenophore, known from the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The species, which is about 515 to 505 million years old, had 24 comb rows - in contrast to all modern forms which have only 8.

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Other important Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Ctenorhabdotus capulus.

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