| Xianguangia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3,
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| Fossil of Xianguangia sinica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Genus: | †Xianguangia |
| Species: | †X. sinica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Xianguangia sinica Chen & Erdtmann, 1991
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Xianguangia is a soft-bodied sea anemone-like fossil animal from the Chengjiang Biota of China.[2]
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