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Paracarinachitid

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Paracarinachitid
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Informal group: Paracarinachitid

Paracarinachitids are a group of small shelly fossils that may be related to the cambroclaves. They resemble small limpets with a large spine on their pinnacle; they have concentric growth rings resulting from incremental growth.[1]

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  1. ^ Conway Morris, S. (1991). "Cambroclaves and paracarinachitids, early skeletal problematica from the Lower Cambrian of South China". Palaeontology. 34 (2). 357–397.