Palaeopascichnus

Palaeopascichnus
Temporal range: Ediacaran, 565–542 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Genus: †Palaeopascichnus
Palij, 1976
Species
  • P. delicatus Palij, 1976 (type species)
  • P. sinuosus Fedonkin, 1981

Palaeopascichnus is a genus of Ediacaran organism comprising a series of lobes; it is plausibly a protozoan, but probably unrelated to the classical 'Ediacaran biota'.[1] Once thought to represent a trace fossil, it is now recognized as a body fossil.[2]

See also

List of Ediacaran genera

References

  1. ↑ Antcliffe, J. B.; Gooday, A. J.; Brasier, M. D. (2011). "Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: A developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1157. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01058.x.
  2. ↑ Jensen, S. (2003). "The Proterozoic and Earliest Cambrian Trace Fossil Record; Patterns, Problems and Perspectives". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 219–28. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.219. PMID 21680425.


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