Sollasina
Sollasina is an extinct genus of ophiocistioid that flourished 430 million years ago. Its fossil remains have been recovered from the Coalbrookdale Formation of the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England.[1][2]
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| Family: | Sollasinidae |
| Genus: | Sollasina |
Taxonomy
S. Cthulhu (the most famous species in this genus) was named after H.P. Lovecrafts cosmic entity named Cthulhu.[3]
See also
References
- 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. PMC 6501687. PMID 30966985.
- Shelton, Jim (11 April 2019). "Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature". Scitech Daily. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- "Yale, UK scientists name ancient species after Cthulhu". 16 April 2019.
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