Coronacollina acula is a multicellular organism from the Ediacaran period resembling the Cambrian 'sponge' Choia. The organism comprised a raised, tri-radially-symmetrical central mound with a central depression and resistant spicules (up to four in articulated fossils), which were resistant — either chitinous or biomineralized — and grew to be 37 cm long.[1]
| Coronacollina acula Temporal range: Ediacaran, about
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| Genus: | Coronacollina Clites et al., 2012
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| Species: | C. acula
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| Coronacollina acula Clites et al., 2012
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References edit
- ^ Erica C. Clites, Mary L. Droser & James G. Gehling (2012). "The advent of hard-part structural support among the Ediacara biota: Ediacaran harbinger of a Cambrian mode of body construction". Geology. 40: 307–310. doi:10.1130/G32828.1.
External links edit
- "Oldest organism with skeleton discovered in Australia". ScienceDaily. March 8, 2012.
- Charles Choi (March 8, 2012). "Meet Earth's earliest animal with a skeleton". MSNBC.
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