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Corumbellidae ✝
| Description | Corumbella is an extinct genus of terminal-Ediacaran cnidarians. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Corumbellidae, and is represented by a single species Corumbella werneri. It possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal rings in which plates with pores and papillae attest to theadvent of skeletogenesis in latest Neoproterozoic metazoan. It was a sessile predator and somewhat resembles the later conulariids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corumbellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Corumbellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Corumbellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. L. A.F. Pacheco, D. Galante, and F. Rodrigues, J. de M. Leme, P. Bidola, W. Hagadorn, M. Stockmar, J. Herzen, I. D. Rudnitzki, F. Pfeiffer, A. C. Marques. 2015. Insights into the skeletonization, lifestyle, and affinity of the unusual Ediacaran fossil Corumbella. PLoS One 10(3):e0114219 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corumbellidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Corumbella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1982 | Corumbellidae Hahn et al. |
| 2015 | Corumbellidae Pacheco et al. p. 14 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
