30469 - Well Preserved 2.16 inch Eldonia sp. Ordovician Jellyfish Eocrinoids Tangshihlingia

Tangshihlingia

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The Upper Cretaceous was an important period in the evolution of the crocodiles because many terrestrial masses were splitting What is now Europe and Asia was moving away from Africa

PaleoDB taxon number: 22063

Morocco Date: 2006 Latitude: 27°30'N Longitude: 12°30E Mass (g): ~ 3 metric tons Pieces: Many Class: Aub (incorrect

30469 - Well Preserved 2.16 inch Eldonia sp. Ordovician Jellyfish Eocrinoids TangshihlingiaEldonia is an extinct soft bodied cambroernid animal of unknown affinity, best known from the Fossil Ridge outcrops of the Burgess Shale, particularly in the 'Great Eldonia layer' in the Walcott Quarry. In addition to the 550 collected by Walcott, 224 specimens of Eldonia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0. 43% of the community. Species also occur in the Chengjiang biota,and in Upper Ordovician strata of Morocco.