Anthracomedusa Johnson and Richardson, Jr. 1968 (box jellyfish)

Cubozoa - Carybdeida

Full reference: R.G. Johnson and E.S. Richardson, Jr. 1968. Pennsylvanian invertebrates of the Mazon Creek area, Illinois: Essex fauna and Medusae. Fieldiana 12(7):108-115

Parent taxon: Carybdeida according to R.G. Johnson and E.S. Richardson 1968

See also Plotnick et al. 2023 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Carybdeidae

Subtaxa: Anthracomedusa turnbulli

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Type: Anthracomedusa turnbulli

Distribution: found only at original description of Essex fauna, Pit 11 (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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