Auroralumina
Extinct species of cnidarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auroralumina is a genus of cnidarians from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest; the only species is Auroralumina attenboroughii.[1] It is the earliest known animal predator. Auroralumina is the oldest crown-group cnidarian.[1]
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Auroralumina | |
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Reconstruction of Auroralumina attenboroughii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
Genus: | †Auroralumina Dunn et al., 2022 |
Species: | †A. attenboroughii |
Binomial name | |
†Auroralumina attenboroughii Dunn et al., 2022 | |
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