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Gelenoptron

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Gelenoptron
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Artists interpretation of G. tentaculatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa (?)
Genus: Gelenoptron
Species:
G. tentaculatum
Binomial name
Gelenoptron tentaculatum
Conway Morris 1993[1]

Gelenoptron tentaculatum is an extinct, cnidarian-like organism represented by a single specimen and counterslab from the Burgess Shale. The holotype of G. tentaculatum was originally identified as a second specimen of the Animalia incertae sedis, Redoubtia, but established as a separate genus by Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.