Gangtoucunia

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Gangtoucunia

Extinct genus of worms

Gangtoucunia is a genus of tube worm-like animals, known from the Cambrian aged Wulongqing Formation of Yunnan, China. While originally considered to be of uncertain affinites, specimens described in 2022 preserving the soft-tissue anatomy suggests that it was a cnidarian belonging to Medusozoa.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Zhang, Guangxu; Parry, Luke A.; Vinther, Jakob; Ma, Xiaoya (2022-11-09). "Exceptional soft tissue preservation reveals a cnidarian affinity for a Cambrian phosphatic tubicolous enigma". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289 (1986): 20221623. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1623. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 9627713.
  2. [2]
    University of Oxford (5 November 2022). "500 Million Year-Old Fossils Solve a Centuries-Old Riddle in the Evolution of Life on Earth". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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