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Cambrothyra Temporal range: Lower Cambrian |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Class: | †Coeloscleritophora |
| Genus: | †Cambrothyra |
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Cambrothyra (not to be confused with Cambrorhytium) is a Lower Cambrian coeloscleritophoran from China. The fossils are hollow cones with porous walls that had an originally fibrous aragonitic mineralogy. These conical sclerites were generally not connected to other sclerites; only occasionally are they paired or twinned. The genus comprises the sole species C. ampulliformis.