Reticulomedusa

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Reticulomedusa
Temporal range: 309–307  Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Genus:
†Reticulomedusa

Foster, 1979
Species:
†R. greenei
Binomial name
†Reticulomedusa greenei
Foster, 1979

Reticulomedusa is an extinct genus of prehistoric cnidarian containing a single species, Reticulomedusa greenei. [1] It is known from the Mazon Creek located in Illinois. [2] Although it was once described as jellyfish, [3] it may be pedal or oral disc of Essexella which is reinterpreted as sea anemone. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Reticulomedusa | Geology Collections". collections-geology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. ↑ Foster, M. W. (1979). Soft-bodied coelenterates in the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. 191–268. In M. H. Nitecki (ed.) Mazon Creek fossils. Academic Press.
  4. ↑ Plotnick, Roy E.; Young, Graham A.; Hagadorn, James W. (2023). Korn, Dieter (ed.). "An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstӓtte, USA". Papers in Palaeontology. 9 (2). doi: 10.1002/spp2.1479 . ISSN   2056-2799.


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