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'''''Yilingia spiciformis''''' was a worm-like creature that lived approximately between 551 million and 539 million years ago in the [[Ediacaran period]], around 10 million years before the [[Cambrian explosion]]. A fossil of this creature and its tracks were discovered in 2019 in Southern China.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02556-x</ref> It was an early [[bilaterian]], possibly related to [[panarthropod]]s or [[annelid]]s. It is a rare example of a complex animal that is similar to animals that existed since the Cambrian, hence suggesting that perhaps the Cambrian explosion was less sudden than often assumed. |
'''''Yilingia spiciformis''''' was a worm-like creature that lived approximately between 551 million and 539 million years ago in the [[Ediacaran period]], around 10 million years before the [[Cambrian explosion]]. A fossil of this creature and its tracks were discovered in 2019 in Southern China.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02556-x</ref> It was an early [[bilaterian]], possibly related to [[panarthropod]]s or [[annelid]]s. It is a rare example of a complex animal that is similar to animals that existed since the Cambrian, hence suggesting that perhaps the Cambrian explosion was less sudden than often assumed. |
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Yilingia spiciformis was a worm-like creature that lived approximately between 551 million and 539 million years ago in the Ediacaran period, around 10 million years before the Cambrian explosion. A fossil of this creature and its tracks were discovered in 2019 in Southern China.[1] It was an early bilaterian, possibly related to panarthropods or annelids. It is a rare example of a complex animal that is similar to animals that existed since the Cambrian, hence suggesting that perhaps the Cambrian explosion was less sudden than often assumed.
Fossils of around 35 specimens were found. The creature appears to be segmented, with each segment having three lobes, like later trilobites.[2]