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Unknown pennsylvanian period fossil. I was told it was a distant relative of extant cnidarians


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I found this odd looking fossil while looking for complete pennsylvanian crinoids.  I've shown a handful of people and a paleontologist told me that it was the fossil of an extinct lineage of cnidarians and that it was quite rare ro find.  You can see a central line with additional lines radiating out from the central line.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

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It looks like a portion of a conularid, which has been interpreted as a cnidarian.

 

https://dnr.mo.gov/document-search/conulariid-jellyfish-pub2916/pub2916

 

Example from the Pennsylvanian Winterset Limestone, Kansas City, Missouri:

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Nice conularid! :)

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