Yorgiidae

Yorgiidae
Temporal range: 635.0–541.0 Ma Ediacaran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Proarticulata
Class: †Cephalozoa
Family: †Yorgiidae
Ivantsov, 2001
Genera

Yorgiidae is an extinct family of cephalozoans, which lived 635 million years ago.[1] They were filter fed.[2]

  1. ^ Distribution age in the paleontology database
  2. ^ Budd, Graham E.; Jensen, Sören (2017). "The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah' hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution". Biological Reviews. 92 (1): 446–473. doi:10.1111/brv.12239. hdl:10662/8091. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 26588818. S2CID 39110115.