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Essexella
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous[1]
E. asherae fossil on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Essexella

Essexella is a scyphozoan jellyfish known from Late Carboniferous fossils. It is one of few fossil organisms that was certainly a jellyfish, and one of the most recurrent organisms in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois.[1] In the Essex biota of Mazon Creek, it consists of 42% of all fossil finds.[2] Its behavior is speculated to be similar to that of modern-day jellyfish.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Palmer, Douglas; Brasier, Martin; Burnie, David; Cleal, Chris; Crane, Peter; Thomas, Barry A.; Buttler, Caroline; Cope, John C. W.; Owens, Robert M. (2009). "Carboniferous". In Ambrose, Jamie; Gilpin, Daniel; Hirani, Salima; Jackson, Tom; Joyce, Nathan; Maiklem, Lara; Marriott, Emma; Nottage, Claire; van Zyl, Miezan (eds.). Prehistoric Life: the Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York City: DK Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.
  2. ^ Selden, Paul; Nudds, John (2012). "Mazon Creek". Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems (second ed.). Manson Publishing Ltd. pp. 94–96. ISBN 978-1-84076-623-3.