Gelenoptron

Gelenoptron; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa (?)
Genus:	†Gelenoptron
Species:	†G. tentaculatum
Binomial name
	†Gelenoptron tentaculatum; Conway Morris 1993

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

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

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[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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