Sollasina Explained

Sollasina is an extinct genus of ophiocistioid that is known from Silurian to Devonian.[1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Sollasina cthulhu from the Coalbrookdale Formation of the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England was named after H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.[1] [4] The fossil was 3 cm wide, and the animal was likely the size of a large spider, with 45 tentacle-like tube feet.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 286 . 1900 . 20182792 . 2019. Imran A. . Rahman . Jeffrey R. . Thompson . Derek E. G. . Briggs . David J. . Siveter . Derek J. . Siveter . Mark D. . Sutton . A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan . 10.1098/rspb.2018.2792 . 30966985 . 6501687 .
  2. Web site: Shelton . Jim . Researchers Discover Fossils of Cthulhu-Like Creature . Scitech Daily . 13 April 2019. 2019-04-11 .
  3. Web site: Fossilworks: Sollasina . 2022-06-17 . www.fossilworks.org.
  4. News: Yale, UK scientists name ancient species after Cthulhu. 16 April 2019. Matt. Kristoffersen. Yale News. New Haven, Connecticut.
  5. Web site: The return of Cthulhu — the small sea critter . 9 April 2019 .
  6. Web site: Tentacled 'Cthulhu' fossil reconstruction reveals monstrous relative of modern sea cucumbers .

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