Octomedusa Johnson and Richardson, Jr. 1968 (jellyfish)

Scyphozoa - Coronatida

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: Coronatida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

See also Johnson and Richardson 1968 and Plotnick et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Collaspididae, Periphyllidae

Subtaxa: Octomedusa pieckorum

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Type: Octomedusa pieckorum

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

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