Phylogenomic analyses recover a sampled Medusozoa branch and test relationships among its major lineages; the topology and reconstructed trait origins are model results, not observed ancestors.
claim:taxon:medusozoaMedusozoa
Phylogenomic analyses recover a sampled Medusozoa branch and test relationships among its major lineages; the topology and reconstructed trait origins are model results, not observed ancestors. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range562–Present Ma
Content packagesponges-cnidarians
PBDBtxn:349684
Evidence boundary
Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.
Claim ledger
Medusozoa is displayed at 562–0 Ma only as a stem-fossil-to-living navigation anthology: Auroralumina provides a matrix-dependent Ediacaran stem-medusozoan anchor, not a crown-Medusozoa FAD, direct ancestor or continuous global range.
claim:taxon:medusozoa:range-boundary-rc50Known limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
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
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traitsKayal, E.; Bentlage, B.; Pankey, M.S.; et al. · 2018 · DOI 10.1186/s12862-018-1142-0
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933