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Plumalina plumaria hydrozoan feather coral

Rhynestreet Shale of New York
Devonian Period (419.2 - 358.9 Million Years Ago)
Part of what is known in Paleontological circles as "Problematica', " Plumalina Plumaria" is a fossil variously described (when described at all) as the feeding tendrils of a Medusa, a Hydroid, or "Feather Coral". Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Hydrozoa
Oder: Leptothecata
Superfamily: Plumularioidea
Genus: †Plumalina
Species: †plumaria


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  • Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
  • Focal Length 8.2 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/60
  • f Aperture f/3.2
  • ISO Speed 80

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