''Vendoconularia'' is a genus of
Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and th ...
organism consisting of a
hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Ancient Greek, Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple polygon, simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°.
Regular hexa ...
al cone, which is thought to have housed a
tentaculate organism. Three longitudinal bands are interspersed between the six sides of the cone.
The discovery of vendoconulariids in Proterozoic strata of Russia confirmed a 1987 prediction that
conulariids constituted part of Ediacaran biota.
See also
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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 o ...
References
Ediacaran life
Prehistoric cnidarian genera
Enigmatic animal taxa
Fossil taxa described in 2002
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