Gelenoptron

Gelenoptron
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Hydrozoa (?)
Genus:†Gelenoptron
Species: †G. tentaculatum
Binomial name
Gelenoptron tentaculatum
Conway Morris 1993[1]

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]

References

  1. 1 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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