Biology:Sollasina
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Short description: Extinct genus of marine invertebrates
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| Life restoration of Sollasina cthulhu | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | Sollasinidae
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| Genus: | Sollasina Fedotov, 1926
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Sollasina woodwardi Sollas, 1899 (type) | |
Sollasina is an extinct genus of ophiocistioid that is known from Silurian to Devonian.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
Sollasina cthulhu from the Coalbrookdale Formation of the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England was named after H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rahman, Imran A.; Thompson, Jeffrey R.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2019). "A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1900): 20182792. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2792. PMID 30966985.
- ↑ Shelton, Jim (2019-04-11). "Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature". https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-fossils-of-cthulhu-like-creature/. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Sollasina". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=31225.
- ↑ Kristoffersen, Matt (16 April 2019). "Yale, UK scientists name ancient species after Cthulhu". Yale News (New Haven, Connecticut). https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/04/16/yale-uk-scientists-name-ancient-species-after-cthulhu/.
Wikidata ☰ Q63085404 entry
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