IRMNG name details
original description
Science (Wash D C) 305 (5681), July 9 page(s): 218 [details]
basis of record
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]
additional source
Petryshyn, V. A.; Bottjer, D. J.; Chen, J.-Y.; Gao, F. (2013). Petrographic analysis of new specimens of the putative microfossil Vernanimalcula guizhouena (Doushantuo Formation, South China). <em>Precambrian Research.</em> 225: 58-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2011.08.003 note: alternative view ("structures are likely biogenic") [details]
verified source for family
Bengtson, S.; Cunningham, J. A.; Yin, C.; Donoghue, P. C. (2012). A merciful death for the “earliest bilaterian,” Vernanimalcula. <em>Evolution & Development.</em> 14(5): 421-427., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142x.2012.00562.x note: as pseudofossil [details]
name verified source
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]
extant flag source
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]
habitat flag source
original work (title/other) [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Described as the "earliest bilaterian animal'; a pseudofossil according to Bengtson et al., 2012, although Petryshyn et al., 2013 believe that the structures are "likely biogenic". [details]
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