Yorgiidae
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Proarticulata
Class: Cephalozoa
Family: Yorgiidae
Ivantsov, 2001
Genera

Yorgiidae is an extinct family of cephalozoans, which lived 635 million years ago.[1] They were filter fed.[2]

Description

Like most proarticulates, they present semi-bilateral symmetry. They had a discoid appearance, with the body segmented by isomers.

Distribution

Ediacaran of Russian Federation and South Australia.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Distribution age in the paleontology database
  2. Budd, Graham E.; Jensen, Sören (2017). "The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah' hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution". Biological Reviews. 92 (1): 446–473. doi:10.1111/brv.12239. hdl:10662/8091. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 26588818. S2CID 39110115.


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