Sprigginidae

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Sprigginidae
Temporal range: 635.0–541.0 
Ma
 Ediacaran
Spriggina floundersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Proarticulata
Class: †Cephalozoa
Family: †Sprigginidae
Ivantsov, 1999
Type species
†
Spriggina floundersi

Glaessner, 1958
Genera

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Sprigginidae is an extinct family of

Ediacaran period
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Distribution

Fossils are found within the Ediacaran sediments of South Australia.[1]

Taxonomy

Sprigginidae presents 4 genera:

Gallery

  • Spriggina floundersi
    Spriggina floundersi
  • Cyanorus singularis
    Cyanorus singularis
  • Praecambridium sigillum
    Praecambridium sigillum

See also

References

  1. ^ Glaessner, Martin F. (1958). "New Fossils from the Base of the Cambrian in South Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 81: 185–188. BHL page 41001421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007.
  2. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.06.006
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