Pectinifrons

Pectinifrons
Temporal range: 565Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Order: Rangeomorpha
Genus: Pectinifrons

Pectinifrons was a rangeomorph, a member of the Ediacara biota found at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland.[1]

It was a multi-branched organism with a comb-like appearance.[1] It grew by adding fronds, then inflating them.[1]

See also

List of Ediacaran genera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bamforth, Emily L.; Narbonne, Guy M.; Anderson, Michael M. (2008), "Growth and Ecology of a Multi-branched Ediacaran Rangeomorph from the Mistaken Point Assemblage, Newfoundland", J of Paleontology 82 (4): 763–777, doi:10.1666/07-112.1