| Gelenoptron Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Artists interpretation of G. tentaculatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa (?) |
| Genus: | †Gelenoptron |
| Species: | †G. tentaculatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gelenoptron tentaculatum Conway Morris 1993 | |
Gelenoptron tentaculatum is an extinct, cnidarian-like organism represented by a single specimen and counterslab from the Burgess Shale. The holotype of G. tentaculatum was originally identified as a second specimen of the Animalia incertae sedis, Redoubtia, but established as a separate genus by Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans.
References
- ^ Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.
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| Gelenoptron | |
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