Corumbella
| Corumbella werneri Temporal range: Ediacaran | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Genus: | †Corumbella |
| Species: | † C. werneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Corumbella werneri | |
Corumbella is a genus of terminal-Ediacaran cnidarian (Hahn et al., 1982) that possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal rings (Pacheco et al., 2011) in which plates with pores and papillae [1] attest to the advent of skeletogenesis in latest Neoproterozoic metazoan (Pacheco et al., 2011; Warren et al., 2012).[1] It was a sessile predator and somewhat resembles the later conulariids (Babcock et al., 2005; Pacheco et al., 2011).
See also
- Cloudina
- Saarina
- Sinotubulites
- Somatohelix
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.