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Corumbella werneri ✝
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/Corumbella_werneri, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Corumbella : Corumbella werneri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Corumbellidae : Corumbella : Corumbella werneri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Corumbella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Corumbella werneri Hahn et al., 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Corumbella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Corumbella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | osmotroph (based on Corumbella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Corumbella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Fedonkin, J. G. Gehling, and K. Grey, G. M. Narbonne, P. Vickers-Rich. 2007. The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corumbella_werneri |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1982 | Corumbella werneri Hahn et al. |
2015 | Corumbella werneri 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!