Funisia dorothea
Sign in to saveFunisia is a genus of extinct, colonial sponge-like organisms from the late Ediacaran of South Australia. It is the most common genus within the fossils beds it is known from, and may have partially driven the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the areas in which it was found by stopping other organisms from taking hold, or providing nutrients upon a mass death. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Funisia dorothea.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Funisia dorothea is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Porifera and Tunisia.
It sits within the topics Ediacaran life, Enigmatic prehistoric animal genera and Fossil taxa described in 2008.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Funisia is a genus of extinct, colonial sponge-like organisms from the late Ediacaran of South Australia. It is the most common genus within the fossils beds it is known from, and may have partially driven the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the areas in which it was found by stopping other organisms from taking hold, or providing nutrients upon a mass death. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Funisia dorothea.
== Discovery and naming == thumb|left|150px|Funisia specimens, as illustrated in the original article.
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