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Coronacollina acula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
incertae sedis

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Genus
  
Coronacollina Clites et al., 2012

Similar
  
Eoandromeda, Parvancorina, Funisia, Choia, Bradgatia

Coronacollina acula is a multicellular organism from the Ediacaran period resembling the Cambrian 'sponge' Choia. The organism comprised a raised, tri-radially-symmetrical central mound with a central depression and resistant spicules (up to four in articulated fossils), which were resistant — either chitinous or biomineralized — and grew to be 37 cm long.

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References

Coronacollina acula Wikipedia