| 词条 | Funisia |
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| name = Funisia | image = Funisia (science).jpg | image_caption = Funisia specimens, as illustrated in the original article. | fossil_range = Ediacaran | regnum = Animalia | phylum = incertae sedis | genus = Funisia | genus_authority = | species = F. dorothea }}Funisia is a genus containing the single species F. dorothea, a fossil upright worm-like animal from the Ediacaran biota.[1] Funisia stood about 0.3 metres tall.[2][3][4] Because individuals grew in dense collections of animals the same age, it is believed to have reproduced sexually.[3] Although the evolution of sex took place before the origin of animals, and evidence of sexual reproduction is observed in red algae {{Ma|1200}},[5] Funisia is one of the oldest known animals for which there is evidence of sexual reproduction.[4] Its relationship to other animals is unknown, but it may belong within the Porifera (sponges) or Cnidaria.[1] The genus and species were described in a 2008 paper.[1] EtymologyThe generic name Funisia is after the Latin "Rope", and is pronounced to rhyme with Tunisia.[6] The name dorothea is in honor of Dorothy Droser, the mother of Dr. Mary Droser, one of the scientists who studied the organism.[2] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal | journal = Science | date = 21 March 2008 | volume = 319 | issue = 5870 | pages = 1660–1662 | doi = 10.1126/science.1152595 | title = Synchronous Aggregate Growth in an Abundant New Ediacaran Tubular Organism | author = Mary L. Droser and James G. Gehling | pmid = 18356525}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2084726}}{{Cambrian-animal-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3593959.ece | date = March 21, 2008 | title = Fossil sheds light on the history of sex | publisher = The Times | location=London | first=Lewis | last=Smith | accessdate=2010-05-03}} 3. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/33330 | title = Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex | publisher = Reuters | date=21 March 2008 }} 4. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.physorg.com/news125241587.html | title = Research shows Earth's earliest animal ecosystem was complex and included sexual reproduction | date = March 20, 2008 }} Source: University of California - Riverside via physorg.com 5. ^{{cite journal| first1 = N. J. | title = Bangiomorpha pubescens n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes | url = http://paleobiol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/386 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | journal = Paleobiology | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 386–404 | date = 2000-09-01| last1 = Butterfield| issn = 0094-8373 | doi = 10.1666/0094-8373(2000)026<0386:BPNGNS>2.0.CO;2 }} 6. ^Supporting online material 3 : Ediacaran biota|Prehistoric incertae sedis animal genera|Prehistoric invertebrates of Australia |
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