Funisia
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Genus: | †Funisia Droser & Gehling, 2008
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†Funisia dorothea Droser & Gehling, 2008
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Funisia is a genus of animal containing the single species F. dorothea. It is an extinct animal from the Ediacaran biota, discovered in South Australia in 2008 by Mary L. Droser and James G. Gehling.
Description
Funisia, a sedentary animal resembling an upright worm,
Its relationship to other animals is unknown, but it may belong within the
metazoan similarly to sponges.[6]
The genus and species were described in a 2008 paper.[1]
Etymology
The generic name Funisia is after the Latin "rope", and is pronounced to rhyme with Tunisia.[7] The name dorothea is in honour of Dorothy Droser, the mother of Mary L. Droser, one of the scientists who studied the organism.[2]
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 23002564.
- ^ a b Smith, Lewis (21 March 2008). "Fossil sheds light on the history of sex". The Times. London. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex". Reuters. 21 March 2008.
- ^ University of California - Riversidevia physorg.com
- S2CID 36648568. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ D. H. Erwin, M. Laflamme, S., M. Tweedt, E. A. Sperling, D. Pisani, and K. J. Peterson. 2011. The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals. Science 334(6059):1091-1097
- ^ Supporting online material