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Fasciculus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Ctenophora

Scientific name
  
Fasciculus vesanus

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Fasciculus Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1978

Similar
  
Xanioascus, Ctenorhabdotus, Sinoascus, Maotianoascus, Stromatoveris

Medial longitudinal fasciculus pathway


Fasciculus vesanus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophores, known from the Canadian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It is dated to 515 to 505 million years ago and belongs to middle Cambrian strata.

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The species is remarkable for its two sets of long and short comb rows, not seen in similar form elsewhere in the fossil record or among modern species.

Fasciculus gracilis


References

Fasciculus Wikipedia