†Paleoctenophora Stanley and Sturmer 1983 (comb jelly)
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Full reference: G. D. Stanley and W. Sturmer. 1983. The first fossil ctenophore form the Lower Devonian of West Germany. Nature 303:518-520
Parent taxon: Ctenophora according to C. Bartels et al. 1998
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ctenorhabdotus, Cydippidae, Dinomischidae, Fasciculus, Scleroctenophora, Sinoascus, Tentaculata, Thalassostaphylos, Yunnanoascus
Subtaxa: Paleoctenophora brasseli
Type: Paleoctenophora brasseli
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)
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