conomedusites lobatus
glaessner & Wade, 1966
The fossil Conomedusites lobatus has tetra-radial symmetry (four lobes to its body). Largely because of its tetra-radial body plan, it has been placed among the Phylum Cnidara (e.g. jellyfish, sea anemones and sea pens), however its true phylogenetic affinities remain uncertain.
Described from:
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
White Sea, Russia
Podolia, Ukraine
Pradesh, India
Key reference:
Glaessner & Wade, 1966
Described from:
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
White Sea, Russia
Podolia, Ukraine
Pradesh, India
Key reference:
Glaessner & Wade, 1966
Diagnosis (from Glaessner & Wade, 1966):
Small, convex body, composed of four almost equal lobes, delimited by sharply defined grooves that deepen outwards, separating adjacent lobes at the periphery, or above a broad, distorted, marginal flange with an entire margin. Further lobes may be intercalated peripherally by bifurcation of the four apical grooves.
Small, convex body, composed of four almost equal lobes, delimited by sharply defined grooves that deepen outwards, separating adjacent lobes at the periphery, or above a broad, distorted, marginal flange with an entire margin. Further lobes may be intercalated peripherally by bifurcation of the four apical grooves.
