Rugosusivitta
Rugosusivitta orthogonia is a fossilised bilaterian flat bodied ribbon-shaped organism, found just above the Ediacaran-Cambrian line in Yunnan. It has been interpreted as a stem group to Platyhelminthes.[1] It shares similarities with present-day Cestodians.
| Rugosusivitta Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Bilateria |
| Genus: | †Rugosusivitta Song et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †R. orthogonia |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rugosusivitta orthogonia Song et al., 2020 | |
References
- Tang, Feng; Song, Sicun; Zhang, Guangxu; Chen, Ailin; Liu, Jun-Ping (2020). "Enigmatic ribbon-like fossil from Early Cambrian of Yunnan, China". China Geology. 3: 1–11. doi:10.31035/cg2020056. S2CID 235047029.
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