Paraconularia margaritae Babcock 1988 (jellyfish)

Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae

Full reference: L. E. Babcock. 1988. New Permian conulariids from Devon Island, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 62(4):615-617

Belongs to Paraconularia according to L. E. Babcock 1988

Sister taxa: Paraconularia abagaensis, Paraconularia acuminata, Paraconularia arctica, Paraconularia caledonica, Paraconularia derwentensis, Paraconularia hollebeni, Paraconularia kazanensis, Paraconularia laskeri, Paraconularia leonardensis, Paraconularia matauraensis, Paraconularia nefarius, Paraconularia ornata, Paraconularia pulcheria, Paraconularia punjabica, Paraconularia qinglongensis, Paraconularia salaria, Paraconularia spatia, Paraconularia sueroi, Paraconularia tepuelensis, Paraconularia torta, Paraconularia warthi, Paraconularia yichunensis, Paraconularia zhongyingensis

Type specimen: GSC 90694. Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.