Essexella
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| E. asherae fossil on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Genus: | †Essexella |
Essexella is an extinct genus of
biota of Mazon Creek, it consists of 42% of all fossil finds.[2] Essexella was originally described as a jellyfish,[3] but was recently redescribed as a sea anemone. The scientists on the "anemone" side of the debate made a book as early as 2017,[4] but it was ignored until the same authors made a proper scientific paper in 2023.[5]
Another alleged jellyfish, Reticulomedusa, is likely Essexella preserved from different angles. Essexella may have produced the common trace fossil Conostichus.[6]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.
- ISBN 978-1-84076-623-3.
- ISBN 978-0-12-519650-5, retrieved 2023-03-10
- ^ "Abstract: THE MAZON CREEK CNIDARIAN ESSEXELLA: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017)". gsa.confex.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- S2CID 257447889.
- S2CID 257447889.
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