Description

Conularia trentonensis
Conularid
Upper Ordovician
Collingwood Shale Member, Coburg Formation
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

120mm slab with at least 4 conularids.

Conularids (aka conulariids) are invertebrates that have been classified within the Phylum Cnidaria with which their bodies share fourfold symmetry but their skeleton is quite different from any cnidarian.  Some paleontologists suggest the known genera should be assigned to their own phylum.

Conularids were long-lived as a group, appearing in the Ordovician and dying out sometime in the Triassic.

Interesting matrix piece with multiple Conularia. Random color combo almost makes it an art piece too.

The label says those are conulariids but are we sure the birds didn’t just get to it?