Anabaritid

Anabaritid
Temporal range: Early Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Family: Anabaritidae

The anabaritids or angustiochreids are enigmatic tubular, mineralizing organisms with a trifold symmetry known from their Lower Cambrian fossils. They may have represented cnidaria, but their affinity within the Metazoa is difficult to constrain.[1]

References

  1. Kouchinsky, A.; Bengtson, S.; Feng, W.; Kutygin, R.; Val'kov, A. (2009). "The Lower Cambrian fossil Anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7 (03): 241. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002715.
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