Rebuilding Earth’s first skeletal animals: the original morphology of Corumbella (Ediacaran, Brazil)

The evolutionary onset of animal biomineralization in the late Ediacaran (ca 555–538 Ma) is marked by the global appearance of enigmatic tubular fossils with unresolved phylogenetic relationships. Among these, Corumbella werneri from the Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group, Brazil) has been variously i...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Bruno Becker-Kerber, Javier Ortega-Hernández, James D. Schiffbauer, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Lucas Verissimo Warren, Marcello Guimarães Simões, Lucas del Mouro, Cristiane Barbieri Rodella, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei, Nathaly Lopes Archilha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2025-05-01
Subjects:	tubular fossils skeletogenesis biomineralization taphonomy
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.250206