Auroralumina preserves two bifurcating polyps in a rigid organic skeleton with tentacle impressions; a morphology analysis places it within crown Cnidaria.
claim:event:auroralumina-charnwood-polypsAuroralumina Charnwood polyps
A dated Ediacaran bedding-plane fossil couples branching polyps and a periderm-like skeleton to a crown-cnidarian test.
Represented range562–557 Ma
RegionsCharnwood Forest, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
CladesAuroralumina attenboroughii · Cnidaria
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References
- A crown-group cnidarian from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest, UKDunn, F.S.; Kenchington, C.G.; Parry, L.A.; Clark, J.W.; Kendall, R.S.; Wilby, P.R. · 2022 · DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01807-x