Sollasina

Sollasina is an extinct genus of ophiocistioid that is known from Silurian to Devonian.[1][2][3]

Sollasina
Temporal range:
Life restoration of Sollasina cthulhu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Echinozoa
Class:
Ophiocistioidea
Family:
Sollasinidae
Genus:
Sollasina

Fedotov, 1926
Species

Sollasina woodwardi Sollas, 1899 (type)
Sollasina westfalica Richter, 1930
Sollasina cthulhu Rahman et al., 2019

Taxonomy

S. Cthulhu from the Coalbrookdale Formation of the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England was named after H. P. Lovecraft's fictional cosmic entity, Cthulhu.[4]

See also

References
  1. Rahman, Imran A.; Thompson, Jeffrey R.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2019). "A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286 (1900): 20182792. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2792. PMC 6501687. PMID 30966985.
  2. Shelton, Jim (11 April 2019). "Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature". Scitech Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Fossilworks: Sollasina". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. Kristoffersen, Matt (16 April 2019). "Yale, UK scientists name ancient species after Cthulhu". Yale News. New Haven, Connecticut.


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