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Reticulomedusa

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Reticulomedusa
Temporal range: 309–307 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
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

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". www.fossilworks.org. 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.