Primocandelabrum

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Primocandelabrum
Temporal range: 541 Ma
Ediacaran
Primocandelabrum.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Rangeomorpha
Genus:
Primocandelabrum

Hofmann, 2008
Species:
P. hiemaloranum
Binomial name
Primocandelabrum hiemaloranum
Hofmann, 2008

Primocandelabrum is a genus of rangeomorph known from the Avalon-type Ediacaran biota. It makes up the brunt of some bedding plane assemblages.[1] Primocandelabrum was described by Hofmann, O'Brien, and King in 2008.[2]

Name[]

The fossils are thus named since it resembles candelabra.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Wilby, P. R.; Carney, J. N.; Howe, M. P. A. (2011). "A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean" (PDF). Geology. 39 (7): 655–658. doi:10.1130/G31890.1.
  2. ^ a b Hofmann, H. J.; O'Brien, S. J.; King, A. F. (2008). "Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1666/06-087.1. ISSN 0022-3360.


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