Gemmactena

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Gemmactena
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Scleroctenophora
Genus: Gemmactena
Species:
G. actinala
Binomial name
Gemmactena actinala
Ou et. al., 2015

Gemmactena is an extinct genus of scleroctenophoran that lived during Cambrian Stage 3.

Distribution

Gemmactena actinala is known from the Heilinpu Formation of China. [1]

References

  1. Ou, Qiang; Xiao, Shuhai; Han, Jian; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Fang; Zhang, Zhifei; Shu, Degan (3 July 2015). "A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies". Science Advances . 1 (6). doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500092. ISSN   2375-2548. PMC   4646772 . PMID   26601209 . Retrieved 17 March 2025.