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Somatohelix
Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 555 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Genus: Somatohelix
Species:
S. sinuosus
Binomial name
Somatohelix sinuosus

Somatohelix is a genus of cuvaceous, spiralling tubular fossil, 2–7 mm wide and 3–14 cm long, from the Ediacaran deposites of the South Australia that was originally interpreted as a trace fossil; a larger amount of better-preserved material since facilitated its reconstruction as the remains of an animal.[1]

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