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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 cephalozoans characterized by having a greater number of isomers than its sister taxon, Yorgiidae. They lived approximately 635 million years ago, in the Ediacaran period.

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Sprigginidae presents 4 genera:

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. ^ De, C (2005). "Ediacara fossil assemblage in the upper Vindhyans of Central India and its significance". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 27 (5): 660–683. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.06.006.