Vetulicolia are primitive
deuterostomes from the very early
Cambrian of China. The have a body with gills (or at least slits in the vicinity of the
pharynx) and a segmented tail. The Vetulicolia are believed to be very similar to the ancestors of all deuterostomes.
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New phylum on the block (http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=OFNANP)
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