Ctenoimbricata

Ctenoimbricata is an extinct genus of bilaterally symmetrical echinoderm, which lived during the early Middle Cambrian period of what is now Spain.^[1] It contains one species, Ctenoimbricata spinosa. It may be the most basal known echinoderm. It resembles the extinct ctenocystoids and cinctans, particularly the basal ctenocystoid Courtessolea. Ctenoimbricata is interpreted as a deposit-feeding pharyngeal basket feeder. It was relatively small, with a body 20 millimetres (0.79 in) long.

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Ctenoimbricata Temporal range: Wuliuan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Superphylum:	Deuterostomia
Clade:	Ambulacraria
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Genus:	†Ctenoimbricata Zamora, Rahman, and Smith 2012
Type species
Ctenoimbricata spinosa Zamora, Rahman, and Smith 2012

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