Batofasciculus

Batofasciculus
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3[1]
Fossil of Batofasciculus ramificans from the Chengjiang Fossil Site World Natural Heritage Museum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: †Scleroctenophora
Genus: †Batofasciculus
Hou et al., 1999
Species:
†B. ramificans
Binomial name
†Batofasciculus ramificans
Hou et al., 1999

Batofasciculus is an extinct genus of scleroctenophoran comb jellies (members of the phylum Ctenophora). It lived during the early Cambrian period as a member of the Chengjiang biota. This genus currently only contains one species, Batofasciculus ramificans, making it monotypic.[1][2]

Taxonomy

When this genus was originally described by Hou et al. 1999, it was classified with an uncertain phylogenetic placement. However it was tentatively classed as a ctenophore due to features such as an aboral dome-like structure and its eight lobes. New fossil material of Batofasciculus was able to assert this genus ctenophoran affinity by revealing a statolith in the apical organ and an oral region.[1]

Phylogenetic analysis of this genus has shown that it is a member of the class Scleroctenophora. This places it as a close relative of Trigoides and Gemmactena.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ou, Qiang; Xiao, Shuhai; Han, Jian; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Fang; Zhang, Zhifei; Shu, Degan (3 July 2015). "A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies". Science Advances. 1 (6) e1500092. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0092O. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500092. eISSN 2375-2548. PMC 4646772. PMID 26601209. S2CID 390519.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
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