A rare new turban-shaped basal Middle Cambrian gogiid eocrinoid, Turbanicystis inflatus new genus and species is described from the Kaili Formation (Kaili Biota), Guizhou Province, China. It co-occurs with three other markedly different gogiids, Sinoeocrinus, Globoeocrinus, and Balangicystis, and is part of a unique Middle Cambrian community that is dominated by echinoderms.
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1 May 2010
A New Turban-shaped Gogiid Eocrinoid from the Kaili Formation (Kaili Biota), Balang, Jianhe County, Guizhou Province, China
Ronald L. Parsley,
Yuanlong Zhao
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 84 • No. 3
May 2010
Vol. 84 • No. 3
May 2010
China
Cidaricystidae
Eocrinoids
gogiids
Guizhou Province