Gelenoptron
Gelenoptron Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa (?) |
Genus: | †Gelenoptron |
Species: | †G. tentaculatum
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Binomial name | |
†Gelenoptron tentaculatum Conway Morris 1993[1]
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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]
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Categories:
- Hydrozoa
- Burgess Shale animals
- Prehistoric cnidarian genera
- Monotypic cnidarian genera
- Cambrian genus extinctions
- Prehistoric cnidarian stubs
- Cambrian animal stubs