Vendobionts stock image

The vendobionts are part of a phylum of quilted organisms from the Ediacaran Period. Some paleontologists suggest they are a long-extinct group with no living relatives. This illustration contains Cyanorus, Yorgia, Vendia, Archaeaspinus, Ovatoscutum, Parvancorina, Temnoxa, Kimberella, Tamga and Solza.

Illustration by Andrey Atuchin