Funisia Droser and Gehling 2008

Funisia

Full reference: M. L. Droser and J. G. Gehling. 2008. Synchronous aggregate growth in an abundant new Ediacaran tubular organism. Science 319:1660-1662

Parent taxon: Metazoa according to D. H. Erwin et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Bilateria, Diploblastica, Homoblastica, Hyolithelminthida, Vertebrosa, Westgardia, Porifera, Macrocypris kayi, Problematica, Evmiaksia, Chenmengella, Palaeacmaea, Pentaradialomorpha, Siphonoconcha, Oligoopilionus, Persimedusites, Odontogriphidae, Silicispongea, Agmata, Broccoliforma, Gaojiashania, Ventogyrus, Subtilicyathus, Tetraradialomorpha, Rhizostomites, Trichoplax, Silicea, Proarticulata, Lidaconus, Hadrynichorde, Sentularia, Inaria, Triradialomorpha, Euradiculata, Scenellopsis, Xidazoon, Yelovichnus, Convolutubus, Gephyrea, Kinzeriidae, Lazaichnus, Lomosovis, Megathrix, Nectocarididae, Erniettomorpha, Chondroplon, Atalotaenia, Tentaculitoidea, Parazoa, Cloudinidae, Bronicella, Somatohelix, Bomakellia, Hiemalora, Goettingenia, Mesozoa, Epitheliozoa, Kimberellomorpha, Bilaterialomorpha, Muricassis, Arboreomorpha, Dictyorhabdus, Limacites, Petalonamae, Hadryniscala, Kullingia, Eumetazoa, Kuckaraukia, Spygoria, Deuteronectanebos, Yunnanomedusa, Eodiorygma, Yangtziramulus, Protolyellia, Helanoichnus, Khasaktidae, Cnidaria

Subtaxa: Funisia dorothea

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Type: Funisia dorothea

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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