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  • Heliomedusa orienta Hou & Sun, 1987

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    Taxonomy

    Brachiopod

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Brachiopoda
    Class: Lingulata
    Order: Lingulida
    Family: Disciniidae
    Genus: Heliomedusa
    Species: Heliomedusa orienta
    Author Citation Hou & Sun, 1987

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Cambrian
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Series 2 Epoch
    International Age: Stage 3

    Stratigraphy

    Heilinpu Formation
    Yu'anshan Member

    Biostratigraphy

    Eoredlichia Zone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 2 cm

    Location

    Yuxi
    Kunming County
    Yunnan
    China

    Comments

    References:

    Sun, Weiguo and Hou Xianguang. (1987). Early Cambrian medusae from Chengjiang, Yunnan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26:257–271.

    Jun-Yuan Chen, Di-Ying Huang and Shou-Hwa Chuang Journal of Paleontology Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 38-47

    YUGAN, J. and HUAYU, W. (1992), Revision of the Lower Cambrian brachiopod Heliomedusa Sun & Hou, 1987. Lethaia, 25: 35–49. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1992.tb01790.x

     

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    Tidgy's Dad

    Tidgy's Dad

    Posted

    Interesting that it was originally considered to be a jellyfish. 

    I have an Ediacaran holdfast that was thought to be a scyphozoan.

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