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.