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Corumbella
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Family: Corumbellidae
Genus: Corumbella
Species:
C. werneri
Binomial name
Corumbella werneri

Corumbella is a genus of terminal-Ediacaran cnidarian[1] that possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal rings[2] in which plates with pores and papillae [3] attest to the advent of skeletogenesis in latest Neoproterozoic metazoan.[2][3] It was a sessile predator and somewhat resembles the later conulariids.[2][4]

See also

List of Ediacaran genera

References

  1. ^ Hahn et al., 1982
  2. ^ a b c Pacheco et al., 2011
  3. ^ a b Warren, L. V.; Pacheco, M. L. A. F.; Fairchild, T. R.; Simoes, M. G.; Riccomini, C.; Boggiani, P. C.; Caceres, A. A. (2012). "The dawn of animal skeletogenesis: Ultrastructural analysis of the Ediacaran metazoan Corumbella werneri". Geology. 40 (8): 691. doi:10.1130/G33005.1.
  4. ^ Babcock et al., 2005