Cephalozoa

Cephalozoa
Temporal range: Ediacaran 571–551 Ma
Fossil of Yorgia waggoneri, a cephalozoan found on the shores of the White Sea.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Proarticulata
Class: Cephalozoa
Ivantsov, 2004
Subtaxa

Cephalozoa[1] are an extinct class of primitive segmented marine organisms within the Phylum Proarticulata from the Ediacaran period. They possessed bilateral symmetry and were characterized by a thin, rounded body.

  1. ^ a b Ivantsov, A. Y. (2001). "Vendia and Other Precambrian "Arthropods"". Paleontological Journal. 35 (4): 335–343.
  2. ^ Fedonkin, Mikhail A. (2007). The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. Baltimore (Md.): JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8679-9.