The Early Cambrian medusiform metazoan Eldonia from Chengjiang Lagersttte
Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: The alleged Chengjiang scyphozoans Stellostomites eumorphus and Yunnanome-dusa eleganta are conspecific. Because of the strong resemblance to the Burgess Shale type species of Eldonia, the Chinese species is relocated to this genus. Eldonia, originally described as a holothurian, on anatomical grounds may as well be interpreted a s a lophophorate. The superficial resemblance to jelly-fish is apparently a result of adaptation to pelagic life. Although the extant lophophorates are without exception sedentary, their pelagic relatives were probably abundant in the Early Paleozoic.
Authors: Junyuan Chen, Zhu Maoyan, Zhou Guiqing
Institution: Academia Sinica
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W1155880521