Cotyledion Temporal range:
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Fossils and life position reconstruction of Cotyledion tylodes[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Stem group: | Entoprocta |
Genus: | †Cotyledion Luo and Hu in Luo et al., 1999 |
Species: | †C. tylodes
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Binomial name | |
†Cotyledion tylodes Luo and Hu in Luo et al., 1999
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Cotyledion tylodes is an extinct, stalked filter-feeder known from the Chengjiang lagerstatten. The living animal reached a couple of centimetres in height, and bore a loose scleritome of ovoid sclerites. Its interpretation has been controversial, but it is currently thought to be a member of the Entoprocta stem group.[2]