Fedomia
| Fedomia Temporal range: Late Ediacaran, 558–555Ma | |
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| Simplified line drawing of a radial Fedomia specimen. Note star-shaped structures. Scale bar: 1cm | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Genus: | Fedomia Serezhnikova & Ivantsov 2007 |
| Species: | F. mikhaili |
Fedomia is a genus of Ediacaran organism resembling a sponge.[1]
The organisms look like sacs, often connected and occasionally radiating from a central point, and are millimetres to centimetres in length. Their surface is often patterned with a number of concave, star-shaped, spicule-like structures with six to eight points, with a diameter of 2-5 mm; these were probably flexible rather than rigid.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Serezhnikova, E. A.; Ivantsov, A. Y. (2007), "Fedomia mikhaili—A new spicule-bearing organism of sponge grade from the Vendian (Ediacaran) of the White Sea, Russia", Palaeoworld 16 (4): 319–324, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2007.07.004