Palaeopascichnus

Palaeopascichnus; Temporal range: Ediacaran, 565–542 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	†Palaeopascichnus; Palij, 1976
Species
	P. delicatus Palij, 1976 (type species); P. sinuosus Fedonkin, 1981;

Palaeopascichnus is a genus of Ediacaran organism comprising a series of lobes; it is plausibly a protozoan, but probably unrelated to the classical 'Ediacaran biota'.^[1] Once thought to represent a trace fossil, it is now recognized as a body fossil.^[2]

References

^ Antcliffe, J. B.; Gooday, A. J.; Brasier, M. D. (2011). "Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: A developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1157. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01058.x.
^ Jensen, S. (2003). "The Proterozoic and Earliest Cambrian Trace Fossil Record; Patterns, Problems and Perspectives". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 219–28. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.219. PMID 21680425.

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[Antcliffe2011-1] Antcliffe, J. B.; Gooday, A. J.; Brasier, M. D. (2011). "Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: A developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1157. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01058.x.

[2] Jensen, S. (2003). "The Proterozoic and Earliest Cambrian Trace Fossil Record; Patterns, Problems and Perspectives". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 219–28. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.219. PMID 21680425.

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