Thaumaptilon is a fossil genus of animals from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which some authors have compared to members of the Ediacaran biota, generally believed to have disappeared at the start of the Cambrian, 539 million years ago. It was up to 20 cm long, and attached itself to the sea floor with a holdfast.
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| Cnidaria | 1 |
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