Palaeopascichnus

Palaeopascichnus
Temporal range: Ediacaran, 565–542Ma
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]

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: no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01058.x.