Velumbrella

Velumbrella
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Eldoniida?
Genus: Velumbrella
Stasińska 1960
Species: V. czarnockii

Velumbrella is a medusoid organism with tentacles[1] known from the Middle Cambrian of Poland, and perhaps related to Rotadiscus; it's a scleritosed disk with a U-shaped gut.[2] It was originally related to members of the Ediacara biota[3] but is now thought to be related to the paropsonemids.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dzik, J. (1991). "Is fossil evidence consistent with traditional views of the early Metazoan philogeny?". In Conway Morris, S.; Simonetta, A.. The Early Evolution of Metazoa and Significance of Problematic Taxa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 47–56. http://www.paleo.pan.pl/people/Dzik/Publications/traditionalDzik.pdf. 
  2. ^ Masiak, M.; Żylińska, A. (1994). "Burgess Shale-type fossils in Cambrian sandstones of the Holy Cross Mountains". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 39 (4): 329–340. http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app39-329.html. 
  3. ^ Stasińska, A. (1960). "Velumbrella czarnockii n. gen., n. sp. - Meduse du Cambrien Inferieur des Monts de Sainte-Croix". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 5 (3): 337–346. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app05/app05-337.pdf. 
  4. ^ Zhu, M. (2002). "Révision des animaux discoïdes cambriens Stellostomites eumorphus et Pararotadiscus guizhouensis de Chine du Sud". Geobios 35 (2): 165. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00025-6.