Arboreomorph

Arboreomorph Temporal range: Ediacaran–Middle cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Charniodiscus arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Petalonamae
Class:	†Arboreomorpha Erwin et al., 2011
Genera
† Charniodiscus or Arborea † Khatyspytia † Thaumaptilon †

The arboreomorphs (Arboreomorpha) are ediacaran beings of the frondomorph type that had a disk or bulb-shaped anchor on the ocean floor, a central stem and branching. The "branches" were smooth, tubular structures, often swollen with bifurcation and connected together to form a leaf-like structure.^[1]

Thaumaptilon is one of the few cases that reached the Cambrian.^[2] Some authors classify this group within Rangeomorpha and others together with Erniettomorpha in a larger group called Frondomorpha.

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