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Mazon Creel Essexella asherae ( Jelly Fish) Foster 1979 #46
Mazon Creel Essexella asherae ( Jelly Fish) Foster 1979 #46

Mazon Creel Essexella asherae ( Jelly Fish) Foster 1979 #46

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    Description

    Essexella
    is an extinct genus of
    scyphozoan
    jellyfish
    known from
    Late Carboniferous
    fossils containing the species
    Essexella asherae
    .
    It is one of the most recurrent organisms in the
    Mazon Creek fossil beds
    of Illinois.
    In the Essex
    biota
    of Mazon Creek, it consists of 42% of all fossil finds.
    Its behavior is speculated to be similar to that of modern-day jellyfish.