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Cambrian Fossils from Chengjiang, China

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Cambrian Vendobiont

Early Cambrian, Chengjiang Fauna, China

Stromatoveris psygmoglena -- A newly described and extremely rare 27mm vendobiont on 45mm x 45mm slab. One of the few examples of an Ediacaran-type animal to make it into the Cambrian. See: Shu DG, Morris SC et al. (2006) Lower Cambrian vendobionts from China and early diploblast evolution. Science 312(5774):731-4. or the excellent summary at this link: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/05/stromatoveris.php

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