Corumbella Explained

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.^[1] It possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal rings^[2] in which plates with pores and papillae ^[3] attest to theadvent of skeletogenesis in the latest Neoproterozoic metazoan.^{[2] [3]} It was sessile and somewhat resembles the later conulariids,^{[2] [4]} though this similarity is likely superficial; its secretion of an aragonitic scleritome suggests a Eumetazoan affinity.^[5]

See also

• Cloudina
• Saarina
• Sinotubulites
• Somatohelix

List of Ediacaran genera

Notes and References

1. Hahn et al., 1982
2. Pacheco et al., 2011
3. Warren . L. V. . Pacheco . M. L. A. F. . Fairchild . T. R. . Simoes . M. G. . Riccomini . C. . Boggiani . P. C. . Caceres . A. A. . 10.1130/G33005.1 . The dawn of animal skeletogenesis: Ultrastructural analysis of the Ediacaran metazoan Corumbella werneri . Geology . 40 . 8 . 691 . 2012 . 2012Geo....40..691W .
4. Babcock et al., 2005
5. Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization. 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105676. 2022. 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. iScience. 25. 12. 105676. 36561886. 9763863. 2022iSci...25j5676O.