Thaumactena

Thaumactena
Temporal range:
Cambrian Stage 3, ~
Thaumactena ensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Scleroctenophora
Genus: Thaumactena
Ou et al., 2015
Species:
T. ensis
Binomial name
Thaumactena ensis
Ou et al., 2015

Thaumactena is an extinct monotypic genus of scleroctenophoran (a type of stem-group ctenophore) that lived during Cambrian Stage 3, around 520 Ma. The type and only species is Thaumactena ensis.