Archiasterella

Name: Archiasterella.
Phonetic: Ar-che-as-teh-rel-lah.
Named By: K.‭ ‬Sdzuy.‭ ‬-‭ ‬1969.
Classification: Animalia,‭ ‬Coeloscleritophora,‭ ‬Chancelloriida,‭ ‬Chancelloriidae.
Species: A.‭ ‬elegans,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬pentactina,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬tetraspina.
Diet: Filter feeder‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Antarctica.‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬Canada,‭ ‬Newfoundland,‭ ‬Labrador.‭ ‬China.‭ ‬Germany.‭ ‬Iran.‭ ‬Italy.‭ ‬Jordan.‭ ‬Russian Federation.‭ ‬Turkey.
Time period: Cambrian.
Fossil representation: Many individuals.

       Archiasterella is a genus of primitive animal that lived during the Cambrian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Unter-‭ ‬und mittelkambrische Porifera‭ (‬Chancelloriida und Hexactinellida‭)‬.‭ ‬Palaeontologische Zeitschrift‭ ‬43‭(‬3/4‭)‬:115-147.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Sdzuy.‭ ‬-‭ ‬1969.



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