Vendiamorpha

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Vendiamorpha is a proposed[1] clade of Ediacaran organisms which may form a stem group to the arthropods, containing Parvancorina, Vendia, Praecambridium and possibly Onega, Vendomia and Pseudovendia.[2] Its status as a clade is doubtful; it is almost certainly para- or polyphyletic.[2]

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  1. ^ Proposed by Waggoner (1996)
  2. ^ a b Lin, J.P.; Gon, S.M.; Gehling, J.G.; Babcock, L.E.; Zhao, Y.L.; Zhang, X.L.; Hu, S.X.; Yuan, J.L.; Yu, M.Y.; Peng, J. (2006). "A Parvancorina-like arthropod from the Cambrian of South China". Historical Biology 18 (1): 33-45. doi:10.1080/08912960500508689. 
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