''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
[Pacheco et al., 2011] in which plates with pores and papillae
attest to the
advent of skeletogenesis in the latest Neoproterozoic
metazoan
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...
.
It was a sessile predator and somewhat resembles the later
conulariids.
[Babcock et al., 2005]
See also
* ''
Cloudina''
* ''
Saarina''
* ''
Sinotubulites
''Sinotubulites'' is a genus of small, tube-shaped shelly fossils from the Ediacaran period. It is often found in association with '' Cloudina''.
Its tube has a "tube-in-tube" structure composed of several thin layers. It bears prominent longit ...
''
* ''
Somatohelix''
List of Ediacaran genera
This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 227 genera.
References
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Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end ...
References
Prehistoric cnidarian genera
Staurozoa
Ediacaran life
Fossil taxa described in 1982
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