Pennsylvania Jellyfish Replica
$23.00
Pennsylvania jellyfish replicas measure 4.3 x 3.0 x 1.2 inches. The Essexella asherae are museum-quality polyurethane casts for marine biology.
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Description
Pennsylvania jellyfish replica measure 4.3 x 3.0 x 1.2 inches. The Essexella asherae are museum-quality polyurethane casts. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Essexella is an extinct genus of cnidarian known from Late Carboniferous fossils. It contains a single species, E. asherae.
It is one of the most recurrent organisms in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois. In the Essex iota of Mazon Creek, it consists of 42 percent of all fossil finds.
Paleontologists originally described Essexella as a jellyfish. However, researchers recently redescribed the genus as a sea anemone.
Another alleged jellyfish, Reticulomedusa, likey represents Essexella preserved from different angles. Essexella may have producted the common trace fossil Conostichus.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Cnidaria
- Class: Scyphozoa
- Order: Rhizostomeae
- Family: Rhizostomatidae
- Genus: †Essexella
- Species: †E. asherae
- Bionmial name: †Essexella asherae Foster 1979
- Conservation Status: Extinct
Enhance your acient fossil collection by adding the Pennsylvania jellyfish replica to showcase the soft-bodied sea creature cast. Position this ancient burrowing sea anemone alongside the annularia calamites cross-section replica. This lets visitors contrast old delta animal life with land plant fossils from the same Illinois mud matrix.
Display the well preserved crinoid scytalocrinus plaque replica to show how fixed sea animals shared the early ocean systems. Complete your ancient underwater timeline layout by adding the multi-segmented dalmanites trilobite replica. This piece contrasts soft-backboneless shapes with heavily armored outer shells.
Additional information
| Weight | 3 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 4.3 in |
