Vendoconularia
| Vendoconularia Temporal range: Ediacaran, about
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| Reconstruction of Vendoconularia triradiata. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Order: | †Conulatae |
| Clade: | †Conulariida |
| Genus: | †Vendoconularia Ivantsov & Fedonkin, 2002 |
| Species: | †V. triradiata
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| †Vendoconularia triradiata Ivantsov & Fedonkin, 2002
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Vendoconularia is a genus of Ediacaran organism consisting of a hexagonal cone, which is thought to have housed a tentaculate organism. Three longitudinal bands are interspersed between the six sides of the cone.[1][2] The discovery of vendoconulariids in Proterozoic strata of Russia confirmed a 1987 prediction that conulariids constituted part of Ediacaran biota.[3]
Discovery and name
[edit]The holotype fossil of Vendoconularia was found from the Ust’-Pinega Formation, in the White Sea of Russia in 1997, and formally described in 2002.[1]
The generic name Vendoconularia derives from Vendian, the Russian name for the Ediacaran; and the genus name conularia, due to its similar appearance to Conulariids. The specific name triradiata derives from the English word triradiate, to mean three radiating folds.[1]
Description
[edit]Vendoconularia triradiate is a probable Conulariid, growing up to 55 mm (2.2 in) in height, with a conical test consisting of six identical sides with three longitudinal bands in between two sides each, although known Conulariids only have fourfold symmetry. The test itself would have been non-mineralised and flexible in life, which again, is unheard of in know Conulariid genera.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ivantsov, A. Y.; Fedonkin, M. A. (2002). "Conulariid-like fossil from the Vendian of Russia: a metazoan clade across the Proterozoic/Palaeozoic boundary" (PDF). Palaeontology. 45 (6): 1119–1129. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00283. Archived from the original (Free full text) on 2016-01-28.
- ^ Van Iten, H.; De Moraes Leme, J.; Coelho Rodrigues, S.; Guimaraes Simoes, M. (2005). "Reinterpretation of a Conulariid-Like Fossil from the Vendian of Russia". Palaeontology. 48 (3): 619–622. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00471.x. hdl:11449/31655.
- ^ McMenamin, M. A. S. (1987). "The fate of the Ediacaran fauna, the nature of conulariids, and the basal Paleozoic predator revolution". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 19 (1): 29.
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