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Gelenoptron

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Hydrozoa (?)

Species
  
†G. tentaculatum

Phylum
  
Genus
  
†Gelenoptron

Gelenoptron is a monospecific genus represented by a single specimen from the Burgess Shale. It was originally included in Redoubtia but established as a separate genus by Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans.

References

Gelenoptron Wikipedia


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