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Zolotytsia
''Zolotytsia'' is an extinct genus of fossil animals from the late Ediacaran, Ediacaran period (Vendian) which contains only one known species, ''Z. biserialis''. Specimens of this species have been found in Russia, Ukraine and India. Description Specimens exhibit two distinctive rows of oval-shaped structures, positioned either side of a mid-line groove, each row being divided by a deep, but narrow groove. The lack of symmetry in the oval bodies has been attributed to possible deformation after death. Occurrence Fossils have been found in the Ust' Pinega Formation, located in Northern Russia; the Valdai Group, located in Russia; the Bernashevka Beds; the Yarishyvska Formation, located in Ukraine and in the Krol Formation, located in India. See also * List of Ediacaran genera References {{Taxonbar, from=Q111283938, from2=Q131693495 Monotypic prehistoric animal genera Ediacaran life Enigmatic prehistoric animal genera White Sea fossils Fossil taxa described in 1981 Peta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ediacaran Genera
The existence of life, especially that of animals, before the Cambrian had long been the subject of debate in paleontology. The apparent suddenness of the Cambrian explosion had no firm explanation, and Charles Darwin himself recognized the challenge it posed for his theory of evolution. While reports of Precambrian organisms have been made since Alexander Murray's 1868 discovery of ''Aspidella'', it wasn't until the discovery of ''Charnia'' in 1956 that considerable evidence of Precambrian life had been presented. The period immediately preceding the Cambrian, the Ediacaran, is now widely accepted of containing animal life. It spans from 635 to 540 million years ago, and covers approximately 2% of Earth's history. Taxonomists have purported a total of 245 described genera from the Ediacaran, 162 of which are accepted as valid. Key * Valid genus - Genera that are accepted by the scientific community * Synonym (taxonomy), Junior synonym - Alternative name for an already existi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
