Rugosusivitta

Rugosusivitta
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Bilateria
Genus: †Rugosusivitta
Song et al., 2020
Species:
†R. orthogonia
Binomial name
†Rugosusivitta orthogonia
Song et al., 2020

Rugosusivitta orthogonia is a fossil ribbon-shaped bilaterian, found just above the Ediacaran-Cambrian line in Yunnan. It has been interpreted as a stem group to Platyhelminthes. It shares similarities with present-day Cestodians.

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