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Gelenoptron
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa (?)
Genus: †Gelenoptron
Species:
†G. tentaculatum
Binomial name
†Gelenoptron tentaculatum
Conway Morris 1993[1]

Gelenoptron is a monospecific genus represented by a single specimen from the Burgess Shale. It was originally included in Redoubtia but established as a separate genus by Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans.[2]

References

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