Corumbella

Corumbella Temporal range: Ediacaran, 543  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
C. werneri reconstruction [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Family:	† Corumbellidae Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug, and Walde, 1982 [1]
Genus:	† Corumbella Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug, and Walde, 1982 [1]
Species:	†C. werneri
Binomial name
†Corumbella werneri Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug, and Walde, 1982 [1]

Corumbella is an extinct genus of terminal-Ediacaran animals. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Corumbellidae, and is represented by a single species Corumbella werneri. ^[2] It possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal rings ^[3] in which plates with pores and papillae ^[4] attest to the advent of skeletogenesis in the latest Neoproterozoic metazoan. ^{[3] [4]} It was sessile and somewhat resembles the later conulariids, ^{[3] [5]} though this similarity is likely superficial; its secretion of an aragonitic scleritome suggests a eumetazoan affinity. ^[6]

See also

• Cloudina
• Saarina
• Sinotubulites
• Somatohelix

List of Ediacaran genera

References

1. Pacheco, Mírian L. A. Forancelli; Galante, Douglas; Rodrigues, Fabio; Leme, Juliana de M.; Bidola, Pidassa; Hagadorn, Whitey; Stockmar, Marco; Herzen, Julia; Rudnitzki, Isaac D.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Marques, Antonio C. (2015). "Insights into the skeletonization, lifestyle, and affinity of the unusual Ediacaran fossil Corumbella". PLOS ONE. 10 (3) e0114219. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1014219P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114219 . PMC   4379158 . PMID   25822998.
2. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Leonardos, O.H.; Pflug, H.D.; Walde, D.H.G. (1982). "Körperlich erhaltene Scyphozoen-Reste aus dem Jungpräkambrium Brasiliens". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 16: 1–18.
3. Pacheco, M. L. A. F.; Leme, J.; Machado, A. (2011). "Taphonomic analysis and geometric modelling for the reconstitution of the Ediacaran metazoan Corumbella werneri Hahn et al. 1982 (Tamengo Formation, Corumbá Basin, Brazil)". Journal of Taphonomy. 9 (4): 269–283.
4. Warren, L. V.; Pacheco, M. L. A. F.; Fairchild, T. R.; Simoes, M. G.; Riccomini, C.; Boggiani, P. C.; Caceres, A. A. (2012). "The dawn of animal skeletogenesis: Ultrastructural analysis of the Ediacaran metazoan Corumbella werneri". Geology. 40 (8): 691. Bibcode:2012Geo....40..691W. doi:10.1130/G33005.1.
5. Babcock, L. E.; Grunow, A. M.; Sadowski, G. R.; Leslie, S. A. (2005). "Corumbella, an Ediacaran-grade organism from the Late Neoproterozoic of Brazil". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 220 (1–2): 7–18. Bibcode:2005PPP...220....7B. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.01.001.
6. Osés, Gabriel Ladeira; Wood, Rachel; Romero, Guilherme Raffaeli; Evangelista Martins Prado, Gustavo Marcondes; Bidola, Pidassa; Herzen, Julia; Pfeiffer, Franz; Stampar, Sérgio Nascimento; Alves Forancelli Pacheco, Mírian Liza (2022). "Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization". iScience. 25 (12) 105676. Bibcode:2022iSci...25j5676O. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.105676. PMC   9763863 . PMID   36561886.