Karakhtia
Wrinkled Proarticulate from 555 ma
| Karakhtia nessovi Temporal range: Ediacaran, about 555 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Proarticulata |
| Class: | †Vendiamorpha |
| Family: | †Vendiidae |
| Genus: | †Karakhtia Ivantsov, 2004 |
| Species: | †K. nessovi |
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| Karakhtia nessovi Ivantsov, 2004 | |
Karakhtia nessovi is a species of Proarticulate from the Ediacaran period, around 555 Million Years Ago. K. nessovi is the only species in the genus Karakhtia.[1] The genus Haootia has been compared minorly to Karakhtia in the way that the fossils of Haootia superficially resemble the crumpled margins of Karakhtia.[2]
See also
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References
- ^ Ivantsov, Andrey Yu.; Malakhovskaya, Ya.E.; Serezhnikova, E.A. (January 2004). "Some problematic fossils from the Vendian of the southeastern White Sea Region". Paleontological Journal. 38 (1): 1–9 – via researchgate.net.
- ^ Liu, Alexander G.; Matthews, Jack J.; Menon, Latha R.; McIlroy, Duncan; Brasier, Martin D. (2014). "Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (Approx. 560 Ma)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1793). doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202. PMC 4173675. PMID 25165764.
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