Sinoascus paillatus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata.
Fossil specimens are poorly preserved, providing little details, if any at all, about the anatomy of the comb rows.
See also
Burgess shale ctenophores Fasciculus vesanus Ctenorhabdotus capulus Xanioascus canadensis
Maotianshan shales ctenophores Maotianoascus octonarius Daihua sanqiong
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