Stromatoveris

Stromatoveris; Temporal range: 520.0–516.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Cambrian
	Artist reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Petalonamae
Genus:	†Stromatoveris; Shu et al. 2006
Species:	†S. psygmoglena
Binomial name
	†Stromatoveris psygmoglena; Shu et al. 2006

Stromatoveris psygmoglena is a genus of basal petalonam from the Chengjiang deposits of Yunnan that was originally aligned with the fossil Charnia (strictly, the Charniomorpha) from the Ediacara biota.^[1] However, such an affinity was thought to be developmentally implausible and so S. psygmoglena was thought to be either a sessile basal ctenophore, or a sessile organism closely related to ctenophores instead.^[2] Nevertheless, a 2018 phylogenetic analysis by Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill and Jian Han indicated that Stromatoveris was a member of Animalia and closely related to ediacaran frond-like lifeforms.^[3]^[4]

Distribution

Cambrian of China.^[5]

References

^ Shu, D. -G.; Conway Morris, S.; Han, J.; Li, Y.; Zhang, X.; Hua, H.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, J.; Guo, J.; Yao, Y.; Yasui, K. (2006). "Lower Cambrian Vendobionts from China and Early Diploblast Evolution". Science. 312 (5774): 731–734. Bibcode:2006Sci...312..731S. doi:10.1126/science.1124565. PMID 16675697. S2CID 1235914.
^ Antcliffe, J. B.; Brasier, M. D. (2007). "Charnia and sea pens are poles apart". Journal of the Geological Society. 164 (1): 49–51. Bibcode:2007JGSoc.164...49A. doi:10.1144/0016-76492006-080. S2CID 130602154.
^ Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer H.; Han, Jian (2018). "Cambrian petalonamid Stromatoveris phylogenetically links Ediacaran biota to later animals" (PDF). Palaeontology. 61 (6): 813–823. doi:10.1111/pala.12393.
^ Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer (10 August 2018). "Scientists take a closer look at Earth's first animals". Phys.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ The paleobiology database

[Shu2006-1] Shu, D. -G.; Conway Morris, S.; Han, J.; Li, Y.; Zhang, X.; Hua, H.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, J.; Guo, J.; Yao, Y.; Yasui, K. (2006). "Lower Cambrian Vendobionts from China and Early Diploblast Evolution". Science. 312 (5774): 731–734. Bibcode:2006Sci...312..731S. doi:10.1126/science.1124565. PMID 16675697. S2CID 1235914.

[Antcliffe2007-2] Antcliffe, J. B.; Brasier, M. D. (2007). "Charnia and sea pens are poles apart". Journal of the Geological Society. 164 (1): 49–51. Bibcode:2007JGSoc.164...49A. doi:10.1144/0016-76492006-080. S2CID 130602154.

[SCI-20180808-3] Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer H.; Han, Jian (2018). "Cambrian petalonamid Stromatoveris phylogenetically links Ediacaran biota to later animals" (PDF). Palaeontology. 61 (6): 813–823. doi:10.1111/pala.12393.

[PHYS-20180810-4] Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer (10 August 2018). "Scientists take a closer look at Earth's first animals". Phys.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[5] The paleobiology database

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Taxon identifiers
Stromatoveris	Wikidata: Q7624360 EoL: 46544865 GBIF: 7678733 IRMNG: 11903260 Open Tree of Life: 6372502 Paleobiology Database: 258667 WoRMS: 867243
Stromatoveris psygmoglena	Wikidata: Q107049706 GBIF: 7582583 Open Tree of Life: 6372503 Paleobiology Database: 258668 WoRMS: 867244