Redkinia
| Redkinia Temporal range: Ediacaran | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Redkinia |
Redkinia is a genus of rod-like Ediacaran fossil fringed with large and small projections[1] that has been putatively compared with the arthropod mandible [2] and the mouthparts of Wiwaxia and Odontogriphus[3] If a jaw, it would have been used for filter-feeding rather than crushing.[4]
References
- ↑ Jago, J. B.; Zang, W. L.; Sun, X.; Brock, G. A.; Paterson, J. R.; Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia". Palaeoworld 15 (3–4): 406. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.014.
- ↑ Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa". Nature 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode:1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0.
- ↑ Dzik, J. (2011). "Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids". Palaeontographica Canadiana 21: 205–218.
- ↑ McMenamin, M. A. S. (2003). "Origin and Early Evolution of Predators". Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology 20. pp. 379–400. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_17. ISBN 978-0-306-47489-7.