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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

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.
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