Carinachitiids, Hexangulaconnulariids and punctatus: problematic metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China

S. Conway Morris, and C. Menge

1992

Article

Journal of Paleontology 66(3):384-406

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Aciconularia
• Arthrochites emeishanensis
• Carinachites absidatus
• Carinachites curvatornatus
• Carinachites tetrastichus
• Carinachites tetrasulcatus
• Carinachitidae
• Conularina
• Conulata
• Hexaconularia
• Hexaconularia sichuanensis
• Hexangulaconulariidae
• Paranabarites
• Punctatus emeiensis

Taxonomy:

• Conulata belongs to Cnidaria - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Conularina belongs to Scyphozoa - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Conularina belongs to Conulata - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Carinachitidae belongs to Conularina - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Carinachites belongs to Carinachitidae - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Carinachites tetrasulcatus belongs to Carinachites - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Carinachites curvatornatus belongs to Carinachites - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Carinachites absidatus belongs to Carinachites - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Hexangulaconulariidae belongs to Conularina - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Arthrochites belongs to Hexangulaconulariidae - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Arthrochites emeishanensis belongs to Arthrochites - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Hexaconularia belongs to Hexangulaconulariidae - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Hexaconularia sichuanensis belongs to Hexaconularia - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Punctatus belongs to Problematica - Conway Morris and Me (1992)
• Punctatus emeiensis belongs to Punctatus - Conway Morris and Me (1992)