Vendoglossa
| Vendoglossa Temporal range: Precambrian
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| Genus: | Vendoglossa
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| Species: | V. tuberculata
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| Vendoglossa tuberculata Narbonne, 2005
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Vendoglossa is a fossil from the Nama Group of Namibia from the Precambrian period. It is also known as the "cat's tongue organism".[1] The type species is Vendoglossa tuberculata.
The fossil has been interpreted as a dorso-ventrally compressed stem-group metazoan, with a large gut cavity and a transversely ridged ectoderm. It has the shape of a flattened torus, with the long axis running through the approximate center of the presumed gut cavity.[2] V. tuberculata is similar to other Pteridinium fossils in the way in which it has been preserved. It differs significantly in being crossed by rows of tiny papillae, as with a cat's tongue, rather than having the quilted pattern that is common with other Ediacara biotas.[1]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b Rich & Komarower 2007, p. 395.
- ^ McMenamin 2009.
Sources
- McMenamin, M. A. S. (2009). Paleotorus: The Laws of Morphogenetic Evolution. Meanma Press. ISBN 978-1-893882-18-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Rich, Pat Vickers; Komarower, Patricia (2007). SP286 - Rise & Fall of Ediacaran Biota. Geological Society. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-86239-233-5. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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