Eldonia
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Eldonia is an extinct soft-bodied[3] cambroernid[4] best known from the Fossil Ridge outcrops of the Burgess Shale, particularly in the 'Great Eldonia layer' in the Walcott Quarry.[5] In addition to over 550 specimens collected by Walcott,[6] 224 specimens of Eldonia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.43% of the community.[citation needed] Species also occur in the Chengjiang biota,[7] and Siberia.[8]
Description
It takes the form of a round, medusoid disk (which originally led to suggestions of a jellyfish affinity)[7] with a C-shaped gut trace. The gut is recalcitrant and can be extracted using Hydrofluoric acid.[9]
A specimen from the Lower Ordovician Madaoyu Formation in Hunan, China, can be interpreted as the incomplete body of Eldonia or the similar animal. However, its annulation, the structure of the intestine and the shape of the body are more similar to those of Ottoia.[10]
Classification
Walcott's original interpretation as a holothurian was rapidly disputed.[11] Alternative affinities to be suggested, which did not stand the test of time, included the siphonophores[12][13][14] and a coelenterate medusa.[15]
Eldonia and the other Eldoniidae form a clade, Eldonioidea, with the Rotadiscidae and the informal group known as the paropsonemids.[2] The Eldonioidea are, in turn, part of the stem-ambulacrarian clade Cambroernida.[4]
Some authors consider Eldonia eumorpha to be a distinct genus, Stellostomites, as S. eumorphus.[16]
"Eldonia berbera",[17] from Upper Ordovician strata of Morocco, was determined to be a junior synonym of the paropsonemid Discophyllum peltatum in 2026.[18]
Paleoecology
The organism is frequently found in association with the lobopod Microdictyon, which is presumed to have fed on Eldonia.[19]
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Eldonia ludwigii, around 4 cm long. Walcott Quarry.
Species
- Eldonia ludwigi (Walcott, 1911): Known from the Middle Cambrian (Wuliuan to Drumian) Burgess Shale, Spence Shale, and Marjum Formation, all along the Cambrian coast of Laurentia.
- Eldonia eumorpha (Sun & Hou, 1987): Extends the range of this genus back to Cambrian Stage 3 Chiungchussu Formation, China.[2]
See also
References
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External links
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