Burgessomedusa
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burgessomedusa-176-600554
title:
Burgessomedusa
text:
Burgessomedusa is an extinct, monotypic genus of macroscopic free-swimming cnidarians from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in Canada. The type species is Burgessomedusa phasmiformis. The genus was characterized by the bell-like body with about 90 short tentacles. They led a predatory lifestyle and reached a length of 20 cm. It is considered as the oldest unambiguous free-swimming medusa, if potential older records from other fossil sites represent ctenophores instead.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of animals (fossil)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgessomedusa
date created:
2023-08-10T12:22:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T22:17:11Z
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