Vendobionta and Psammocorallia: lost constructions of Precambrian evolution

@article{Seilacher1992VendobiontaAP,
  title={Vendobionta and Psammocorallia: lost constructions of Precambrian evolution},
  author={Adolf Seilacher},
  journal={Journal of the Geological Society},
  year={1992},
  volume={149},
  pages={607 - 613}
}
  • A. Seilacher
  • Published 1 July 1992
  • Environmental Science
  • Journal of the Geological Society
The non-availability of biomineralized skeletons and low levels of predation led Vendian evolution along strange avenues. The Ediacara-type Vendobionta appear to represent a kingdom, in which foliate shapes, large sizes and the necessary compartmentalization were achieved by quilting of the skin rather than by multicellularity. Psammocorallia, in contrast, are interpreted as coelenterates that constructed an internal sand skeleton. Both were immobile soft-bottom dwellers that had high… 
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