Gelenoptron

Gelenoptron; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Artists interpretation of G. tentaculatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa (?)
Genus:	†Gelenoptron
Species:	†G. tentaculatum
Binomial name
	†Gelenoptron tentaculatum; Conway Morris 1993

Gelenoptron tentaculatum is an extinct, cnidarian-like organism represented by a single specimen and counterslab from the Burgess Shale. The holotype of G. tentaculatum was originally identified as a second specimen of the Animalia incertae sedis, Redoubtia, but established as a separate genus by Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.

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[conedia-1] Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.

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