Sprigginidae
Sprigginidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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Spriggina floundersi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | †Proarticulata |
Class: | †Cephalozoa |
Family: | †Sprigginidae Ivantsov, 1999 |
Type species | |
†Spriggina floundersi Glaessner, 1958
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Sprigginidae is a family of cephalozoans characterized by having a greater number of isomers than its sister taxon, Yorgiidae. They lived approximately 635 million years ago, in the Ediacaran period.
Distribution[]
Ediacaran of South Australia.[1]
Taxonomy[]
Sprigginidae presents 4 genera:
- †Spriggina[2] (type genus).
- †Marywadea
- †Cyanorus
- †Praecambridium, very times included into Yorgiidae.
Gallery[]
Spriggina floundersi
Cyanorus singularis
Praecambridium sigillum
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Glaessner, Martin F. (1958). "New Fossils from the Base of the Cambrian in South Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 81: 185–188. BHL page 41001421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007.
- ^ De, C (2005). "Ediacara fossil assemblage in the upper Vindhyans of Central India and its significance". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 27 (5): 660–683. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.06.006.
Categories:
- Cephalozoa
- Sprigginidae
- Ediacaran life
- Ediacaran biota stubs