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Kailidiscus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Edrioasteroidea

Species
  
K. chinensis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Family
  
incertae sedis

Scientific name
  
Kailidiscus chinensis

Similar
  
Edrioasteroidea, Blastozoa, Gogia, Helicoplacus, Echmatocrinus

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderms which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period. 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.

References

Kailidiscus Wikipedia