Burgessomedusa Moon et al. 2023

Burgessomedusa

Full reference: J. Moon, J. Caron, and J. Moysiuk. 2023. A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290(20222490):1-9

Parent taxon: Medusozoa according to J. Moon et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Auroralumina, Cubozoa, Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa

Subtaxa: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis

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Type: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis

Distribution: found only at Mount Stephen indet. (Cambrian of British Columbia)

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