Cotyledion
| Cotyledion Temporal range: | |
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Fossils and life position reconstruction of Cotyledion tylodes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Stem group: | Entoprocta |
| Genus: | †Cotyledion Luo and Hu in Luo et al., 1999 |
| Species: | †C. tylodes |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cotyledion tylodes Luo and Hu in Luo et al., 1999 | |
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Cotyledion tylodes is an extinct, stalked filter-feeder known from the Chengjiang lagerstatten. The living animal reached a couple of centimetres in height, and bore a loose scleritome of ovoid sclerites. Its interpretation has been controversial, but it is currently thought to be a member of the Entoprocta stem group.