Sollasina

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Sollasina
Temporal range: Silurian[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Echinodermata
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Sollasina

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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Shelton, Jim (2019-04-11). "Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature". Scitech Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2019.


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