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''Corumbella'' is an extinct genus of terminal-Ediacaran cnidarians. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Corumbellidae, and is represented by a single species ''Corumbella werneri''. It possessed a carapace made up of thick polygonal ringsPacheco et al., 2011 in which plates with pores and papillae attest to the advent of skeletogenesis in the latest Neoproterozoic metazoan. It was a sessile predator and somewhat resembles the later conulariids.Babcock et al., 2005


See also

* ''Cloudina'' * ''Saarina'' * ''Sinotubulites'' * ''Somatohelix'' List of Ediacaran genera


References

Prehistoric cnidarian genera Staurozoa Ediacaran life Fossil taxa described in 1982 {{Paleo-cnidarian-stub