Reticulomedusa
Extinct genus of prehistoric cnidarian
| Reticulomedusa Temporal range: 309–307 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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, it may be pedal or oral disc of Essexella which is reinterpreted as sea anemone.[3]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ "Reticulomedusa | Geology Collections". collections-geology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ 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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