Paleoctenophora Stanley and Sturmer 1983 (comb jelly)

Paleoctenophora

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

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Type: Paleoctenophora brasseli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)

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