Sinotubulites

Sinotubulites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Genus:
Sinotubulites

Chen, Chen et Qian,1981
Species
  • S. baimatuoensis Chen, Chen et Qian, 1981
  • S. cienegensis McMenamin, 1985
  • S. triangularis Chai, 2015
  • S. pentacarinalis Chai, 2015
  • S. hexagonus Chai, 2015

Sinotubulites is a genus of small, tube-shaped shelly fossils from near the terminal boundary of the Ediacaran period in formations within China and North America. It is often found in association with Cloudina, and much like Cloudina, is important to studies done on the Cambrian Explosion.

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