Reticulomedusa

Reticulomedusa; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Genus:	†Reticulomedusa; Foster, 1979
Species:	†R. greenei
Binomial name
	Reticulomedusa greenei; Foster, 1979

Reticulomedusa is an extinct genus of prehistoric cnidarian containing a single species, Reticulomedusa greenei.[1] It is known from the Mazon Creek located in Illinois.[2] Although it was once described as jellyfish, it may be pedal or oral disc of Essexella which is reinterpreted as sea anemone.[3]

References

"Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
"Reticulomedusa | Geology Collections". collections-geology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
Plotnick, Roy E.; Young, Graham A.; Hagadorn, James W. (2023). Korn, Dieter (ed.). "An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstӓtte, USA". Papers in Palaeontology. 9 (2). doi:10.1002/spp2.1479. ISSN 2056-2799.

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[1] "Fossilworks: Reticulomedusa". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.

[2] "Reticulomedusa | Geology Collections". collections-geology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.

[3] Plotnick, Roy E.; Young, Graham A.; Hagadorn, James W. (2023). Korn, Dieter (ed.). "An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstӓtte, USA". Papers in Palaeontology. 9 (2). doi:10.1002/spp2.1479. ISSN 2056-2799.