Newly discovered fossil jellyfish died in sudden seafloor burial event

Newly discovered fossil jellyfish died in sudden seafloor burial event

New Delhi: Researchers from Canada have identified a new species of basal-medusozoan, a creature closely related to modern jellyfish at a distance of about 50 kilometres from Quebec City. This is a rare discovery as only a few other species of the subphylum has been described in the fossil record, and soft-bodied animals are not easily preserved in the fossil record. It is likely that the fossils were preserved during a sudden burial event on th…