Insights into the skeletonization, lifestyle, and affinity of the unusual Ediacaran fossil Corumbella.

Insights into the skeletonization, lifestyle, and affinity of the unusual Ediacaran fossil Corumbella.

The Ediacaran fossil Corumbella is important because it is hypothesized to be a scyphozoan cnidarian, and thus might be one of the rare examples of bona fide Neoproterozoic animals. Unfortunately, its mode of life, style of skeletonization, and taxonomic affinity have been very controversial. Here,...

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Main Authors: Mírian L A Forancelli Pacheco, Douglas Galante, Fabio Rodrigues, Juliana de M Leme, Pidassa Bidola, Whitey Hagadorn, Marco Stockmar, Julia Herzen, Isaac D Rudnitzki, Franz Pfeiffer, Antonio C Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114219

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114219

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