Sollasina
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Genus: | Sollasina
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Sollasina is an extinct genus of ophiocistioid that flourished 430 million years ago. Its fossil remains have been recovered from the Wenlock Series of the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b Rahman, Imran A.; Thompson, Jeffrey R.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2019). "A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286 (1900): 20182792. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2792. PMC 6501687. PMID 30966985.
- ^ Shelton, Jim (2019-04-11). "Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature". Scitech Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
Categories:
- Ophiocistioidea
- Prehistoric echinoderm genera
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs