Rotadiscus
Rotadiscus is a genus of discoidal animal known from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and classified with the eldoniids.
| Rotadiscus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Superphylum: | Deuterostomia |
| Stem group: | Ambulacraria |
| Clade: | †Cambroernida |
| Family: | †Rotadiscidae |
| Genus: | †Rotadiscus |
As with other eldoniids, it was originally thought to have been pelagic, but is now thought to be benthic.
A 2023 cladistic analysis based on new fossils places Rotadiscus, along with other eldoniids, as stem-group ambulacrarians.
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