Trilobozoa Temporal range: Late Ediacaran, around
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The many members of the Trilobozoa. (clockwise from top): Tribrachidium, Rugoconites enigmaticus, R. tenuirugosus Albumares brunsae, Hallidaya brueri, Anfesta stankovskii, Lorenzinites rarus, Wigwamiella enigmatica and Skinerra brooksi. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
Phylum: | †Trilobozoa Fedonkin, 1985 [nom. transl. Runnegar, 1992 ex Class Trilobozoa Fedonkin, 1985] |
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For minor descriptions, see text | |
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Trilobozoa (meaning "three-lobed animals") is a phylum of extinct, sessile animals that were originally classified into the Cnidaria. The basic body plan of trilobozoans is often a triradial or radial sphere-shaped form with lobes radiating from its centre.[1] Fossils of trilobozoans are restricted to marine strata of the Late Ediacaran period.