Octomedusa pieckorum 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

Belongs to Octomedusa according to R.G. Johnson and E.S. Richardson 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH PE 11410. Its type locality is original description of Essex fauna, Pit 11, which is in a Desmoinesian delta plain shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

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

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