Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Vetulicolia

Main Groups of Organisms

After Shu, Conway Morris, Han, Chen, Zhang, Zhang, Liu, Li & Liu, 2001

<==o †Vetulicolia Shu, Conway Morris, Han, Chen, Zhang, Zhang, Liu, Li & Liu, 2001
   |?-o †Yunnanozoa Dzik, 1995 sensu Shu, et al. 2003 [of uncertain taxonomic position, often treated as basal chordates]
   |  `--o †Yunnanozoonidae Dzik, 1995
   |     |-- †Yunnanozoon lividum Chen et al., 1995 [possibly a hemichordate??]
   |     `--o †Haikouella Chen et al., 1999
   |        |-- †H. lanceolata Chen et al., 1999
   |        `-- †H. jianshanensis Shu, Conway Morris, Zhang, Liu, Han, Chen, Zhang, Yasui & Li, 2003
   `--o †Vetulicolida Chen & Zhou, 1997 [has previously been treated as aberrant arthropods]
      |-- †Banffia
      `--+--o †Didazoonidae Shu & Han, in Shu, Conway Morris, Han, Chen, Zhang, Zhang, Liu, Li & Liu, 2001
         |  |-- †Xidazoon stephanus Shu, Conway Morris & Zhang, in Shu, Conway Morris, Zhang, Chen, Li & Han, 1999
         |  `-- †Didazoon haoae Shu & Han, in Shu, Conway Morris, Han, Chen, Zhang, Zhang, Liu, Li & Liu, 2001
         `--o †Vetulicolidae
            |?- †Pomatrum ventralis
            `--o †Vetulicola
               |-- †V. rectangulata
               `-- †V. cuneata

Reference(s):

• Chen, J.-Y., Dzik, J., Edgecombe, G. D., Ramsköld, L. & Zhou, G.-Q. 1995: A possible Early Cambrian chordate.
  –Nature: vol. 377, 26 October, pp. 720-722
• Chen, J.-Y., Huang, D.-Y. & Li, C.-W., 1999: An early Cambrian craniate-like chordate.
  –Nature: vol. 402, 2 December, pp. 518-522
• Gee, H., 2001: On being vetulicolian.
  –Nature: Vol. 414, pp. 407-408

• Shu, D.-G., Conway Morris, S., Han, J., Chen, L., Zhang, X.-L., Zhang, Z.-F., Liu, H.-Q., Li, Y. & Liu, J.-N., 2001: Primitive deuterostomes from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian, China).
  –Nature: Vol. 414, pp. 419-424
• Shu, D.-G., Conway Morris, S., Zhang, Z.-F., Liu, J. N., Han, J., Chen, L., Zhang, X.-L., Yasui, K. & Li, Y., 2003: A new species of Yunnanozoan with implications for Deuterostome evolution.
  –Science: Vol. 299, pp. 1380-1384
• Shu, D.-G., Conway Morris, S., Zhang, X.-L., Chen, L., Li, Y. & Han, J., 1999: A pipiscid-like fossil from the Lower Cambrian of south China.
  –Nature: Vol. 400, pp. 746-749

 

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