-
Vetulicola cuneata, the
first species of the
phylum described in 1987. The
vetulicolian body plan
comprises two parts: a
voluminous rostral (anterior) forebody...
- †Vetulocystids †
Vetulicolians...
- lagerstätte of Utah. It has been
classified with the
vetulicolians. The
genus shows typical vetulicolian features, such as a body
divided into two distinct...
- anomalocaridids, hyoliths, molluscs, brachiopods, echinoderms,
algae and
vetulicolians.
There are also the earliest-known eocrinoids,
unidentified soft-bodied...
- All are Ediacaran-aged 18 genera,
extinct Vetulicolia Ancient dweller Vetulicolians Might possibly be a
subphylum of the chordates.
Their body consists...
-
Vetulocystida would represent the
transition from the body plan of the
vetulicolians to one of the echinoderms. Old
studies suggest the
following phylogenetic...
- Lagerstätte in
Kangaroo Island, Australia. So far, it is the
fourth described vetulicolian that is not
restricted to the
Maotianshan Shales (the
other three being...
-
making them
appear similar to
apparently equivalent structures in
vetulicolians and vetulocystids. It has
since been
determined that the
apparent pharyngeal...
- prey on
smaller (2–5 cm in diameter), active, soft-bodied
animals (e.g.
vetulicolian; free-swimming
arthropods like
isoxyids and hymenocarines; Nectocaris)...
-
Pomatrum is an
extinct vetulicolian, the
senior synonym of Xidazoon; the
latter taxon was
described by Shu, et al. (1999)
based on
fossils found in the...
