Vetulocystis
| Vetulocystis Temporal range: Early Cambrian
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| Vetulocystis catenata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | †Vetulocystida |
| Family: | †Vetulocystidae |
| Genus: | †Vetulocystis Shu et al., 2004 |
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| †Vetulocystis catenata Shu et al., 2004
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Vetulocystis is an extinct genus of the family Vetulocystidae. It was found in the Maotianshan Shales, which date to roughly 518 mya.[1][2]
Etymology
From the latin vetus (old), plus "cystidae" referencing the bag-like shape. The specific name is from the latin catena, meaning chain, as a pun on the fossil as a missing link.[3]
Description
Vetulocystis is distinguished from Dianchicystis by a widening, rather than tapering, "tail" (posterior section).[4] The posterior section appears to be divided into two. The anterior cone is pyramidal with over 50 articulated platelets. The posterior cone is pyramidal with many ribs.[3]
Phylogeny
| Vetulocystidae |
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References
- ^ Hou et al. 2017, p. 268
- ^ Clausen et al. 2010, p. 138
- ^ a b Shu et al. 2004, p. 422
- ^ Shu 2005, p. 2352
Works cited
- Clausen, Sébastien; Hou, Xian-Guang; Bergström, Jan; Franzén, Christina (2010). "The absence of echinoderms from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China: Palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 294 (3): 133–141. Bibcode:2010PPP...294..133C. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.001.
- Hou, Xian-guang; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Aldridge, Richard J.; Cong, Pei-yun; Gabbott, Sarah; Ma, Xiao-ya; Purnell, Mark A.; Williams, Mark (2017). "Bilateria of Uncertain Affinity". The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal Life (2 ed.). pp. 264–271. doi:10.1002/9781118896372.ch25.
- Shu, Degan (October 2005). "On the Phylum Vetulicolia". Chinese Science Bulletin. 50: 2342–2354. doi:10.1007/BF03183746. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- Shu, D.-G.; Conway Morris, S.; Han, J.; Zhang, Z.-F.; Liu, J.-N. (2004). "Ancestral echinoderms from the Chengjiang deposits of China". Nature. 430 (6998): 422–428. Bibcode:2004Natur.430..422S. doi:10.1038/nature02648. PMID 15269760. S2CID 4421182.