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item typeAnimalphylumDeuterostomephylumVetulicolia
 
 
Vetulicola

Vetulicola

Vetulicola is a genus of small animals of uncertain affinity, known from early-Cambrian fossils known from the Chengjiang biota of China. Vetulicola cuneata (Hou, 1987) has a body composed of two distinct parts of approximately equal length. The front part is rectangular with a carapace-like structure of four rigid cuticular plates, with a large mouth at the front end. The posterior section is slender, strongly cuticularised and placed dorsally.

 
 
Banffia

Banffia

Banffia is a genus of animals described from Early Cambrian fossils. The genus commemorates Banff, Alberta, near where the first fossil specimens were discovered. Its placement in higher taxa is controversial. Banffia constricta is known from hundreds of fossils found in the Burgess shales. It is up to 10 cm in length, and divided equally into anterior and posterior parts. The entire body is twisted in a clockwise spiral, as seen from the front.