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Extinct genus of prehistoric cnidarian

Reticulomedusa
Temporal range: 309–307 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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. It is known from the Mazon Creek located in Illinois. Although it was once described as jellyfish, it may be pedal or oral disc of Essexella which is reinterpreted as sea anemone.

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. "Reticulomedusa | Geology Collections". collections-geology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Reticulomedusa


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