Biology:Vetulicolidae

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Short description: Extinct family of soft-bodied animals

Vetulicolidae
Temporal range: 520–513 Ma
Cambrian Stage 3
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Vetulicola cuneata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Vetulicolia
Class: Vetulicolida
Order: Vetulicolata
Family: Vetulicolidae
Hou, 1987[1]
Type species
Vetulicola cuneata
Hou, 1987
Genera

Vetulicolidae is an extinct family of Early Cambrian deuterostomes comprising two genera: Vetulicola and Ooedigera.[2]

References

  1. Hou, X.-G. (1987). "Early Cambrian large bivalved arthropods from Chengjiang, eastern Yunnan" (in Chinese). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26: 286–298. 
  2. Vinther, J.; Smith, M. P.; Harper, D. A. T. (2011). "Vetulicolians from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland, and the polarity of morphological characters in basal deuterostomes". Palaeontology 54 (3): 711–719. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01034.x. 

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