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Dianchicystis

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Dianchicystis
Temporal range: 541–513 Ma Early Cambrian
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Dianchicystis

Shu et al., 2004
Species:
D. jianshanensis

Shu et al., 2004
Binomial name
Dianchicystis jianshanensis
Shu et al., 2004

Dianchicystis is an extinct genus of vetulocystid deuterostome. It was found in Jianshan, near Haikou, Qiongzhusi Fm. (Cambrian from China).[1]

Phylogeny

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Vetulocystidae

Dianchicystis

Vetulocystis

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References

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  1. ^ Sébastien Clausen; Xian-Guang Hou; Jan Bergström; Christina Franzén (2010). "The absence of echinoderms from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China: Palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 294 (3): 133–141. Bibcode:2010PPP...294..133C. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.001.