Somatohelix

Somatohelix; Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 555 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Somatohelix; Sappenfield et al., 2011
Species:	†S. sinuosus
Binomial name
	†Somatohelix sinuosus; Sappenfield et al., 2011

Somatohelix is a genus of curvilinear, 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 organism of uncertain nature.^[1] Modern analogues of organisms with a helical constructional morphology are found not only in disparate Kingdoms, but also in multiple domains.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Sappenfield, A.; Droser, M. L.; Gehling, J. G. (2011). "Problematica, Trace Fossils, and Tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): Redefining the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record One Tube at a Time". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 256–265. doi:10.1666/10-068.1. S2CID 129326221.

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[Sappenfield2011-1] Sappenfield, A.; Droser, M. L.; Gehling, J. G. (2011). "Problematica, Trace Fossils, and Tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): Redefining the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record One Tube at a Time". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 256–265. doi:10.1666/10-068.1. S2CID 129326221.

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