Gigarimaneta
| Gigarimaneta Temporal range:
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| Artists interpretation of Gigarimaneta samsoni by Robert Nicholls. A: Top view of G. samsoni. B: Side view. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Genus: | †Gigarimaneta Glaessner, 1959
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| Species: | †G. samsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gigarimaneta samsoni Taylor et al, 2021
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Gigarimaneta samsoni is a species of
Fractofusus and/or Beothukis
and grew slightly into the substrate.
Gigarimaneta was roughly round and composed of multiple rows of allantoid-like units that further sub-divided into smaller spherocylindrical units but they do not show the signature fractal branching of related fronds however the many divisions in the units of the organism are thought to represent invaginations of the a presumed lower epithelium that increased the surface-are - volume ratio without branching glide symmetry.phagotrophy.[2]