Beltanelliformis
Beltanelliformis | |
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria (?) |
Genus: | †Beltanelliformis Menner, 1974[1] |
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Beltanelliformis is a genus of discoid fossil from the
Ediacaran Biota. The chemical signature obtained from organically preserved specimens points to a cyanobacterial affinity (cf. Nostoc).[2] Depending on its preservation, it is sometimes referred to as Nemiana or Beltanelloides.[2][3]
References
- ^ Keller, B.M.; Menner, V.V.; Stepanov, V.A.; Chumakov, N.M. (1974). "Новые находки Metazoa в вендомии Русской платформы" [New finds of metazoa in the Vendomii of the Russian platform] (PDF). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSR. Seriya Geologicheskaya (in Russian). 12: 130–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-07.
- ^ S2CID 3334262.
- S2CID 128760957.