Dinomischidae

Dinomischidae
Temporal range:
Possible middle Frasnian record if Daihuoides is a member of this family[2][3][4]
Dinomischus isolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Stem group: Ctenophora
Family: Dinomischidae
Conway Morris, 1977[1]
Type genus
Dinomischus[1]
Conway Morris, 1977
Other genera[1][2][3][7]

Dinomischidae is an extinct family[1] of stem-group ctenophores[9] that lived from Cambrian Stage 3 to the Miaolingian,[1] and possibly until the middle Frasnian if the genus Daihuoides is a member of this family.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dinomischidae in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b c d Klug, Christian; Kerr, Johanne; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Cloutier, Richard (24 September 2021). "A late-surviving stem-ctenophore from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Canada)". Scientific Reports. 11 (1) 19039. Nature Portfolio. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1119039K. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98362-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8463547. PMID 34561497.
  3. ^ a b c Parry, Luke A.; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Coleman, Robert; Mouro, Lucas Del; Gaines, Robert R.; Skabelund, Jacob; Weaver, James C.; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (31 December 2025). "The oldest diverse jellyfish fauna reinterpreted as sessile polypoid dinomischids (stem-group Ctenophora)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2545834.
  4. ^ Klug, Christian; Lee, Mike; Cloutier, Richard (3 October 2021). "Finding a rare fossilized comb jelly reveals new gaps in the fossil record". The Conversation. doi:10.64628/AAM.spgpjqvde.
  5. ^ Calathites in the Paleobiology Database
  6. ^ Daihua in the Paleobiology Database
  7. ^ a b Kimmig, Julien; Nanglu, Karma; Jamison, Paul G. (2025). "A problematic soft-bodied fossil from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Wuliuan) of Utah". Geological Magazine. 162. Cambridge University Press. Bibcode:2025GeoM..162E..37K. doi:10.1017/S0016756825100265. e37.
  8. ^ Xianguangia in the Paleobiology Database
  9. ^ Zhao, Yang; Vinther, Jakob; Parry, Luke A.; Wei, Fan; Green, Emily; Pisani, Davide; Hou, Xianguang; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Cong, Peiyun (2019-04-01). "Cambrian Sessile, Suspension Feeding Stem-Group Ctenophores and Evolution of the Comb Jelly Body Plan". Current Biology. 29 (7): 1112–1125.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.036. hdl:1983/40a6bcb8-a740-482c-a23c-7d563faea5c5. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 30905603. S2CID 84844387.
  • Data related to Dinomischidae at Wikispecies