Sinotubulites

Name: Sinotubulites.
Phonetic: Sy-no-tu-bu-ly-teez.
Named By: Chen et al‭ ‬-‭ ‬1981.
Classification: Animalia.
Species: S.‭ ‬baimatuoensis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬cienegensis,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬levis,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬shaanxiensis.
Diet: Filter feeder‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Dengying Formation.‭ ‬Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬La Cienega Formation.
Time period: Ediacaran.
Fossil representation: Numerous individuals.

       Sinotubulites is a genus of aquatic sea creatures that lived with mineralised tube-shaped shells during the Ediacaran.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Tube structure and original composition of Sinotubulites:‭ ‬shelly fossils from the late Neoproterozoic in southern Shaanxi,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lethaia‭ ‬41‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬37.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Chen,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Bengtson,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬-M.‭ ‬Zhou,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Hua‭ & ‬Z.‭ ‬Yue‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

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