Beltanelliformis

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Beltanelliformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria (?)
Genus: Beltanelliformis
Menner, 1974[1]
Species
  • B. brunsae Menner, 1974
  • B. minutae McIlroy et al., 2005
Synonyms
  • Nemiana Palij, 1976
  • Beltanelloides Sokolov, 1965
  • Hagenetta Hahn et Pflug, 1988
  • Namamedusium Zessin, 2008

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

  1. ^ 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.
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