''Khatyspytia'' is a
frondose
Frondosity (from Latin ''frondōsus'' meaning 'leafy') is the property of an organism that normally flourishes with fronds or leaf-like structures.
Many frondose organisms are thalloid and lack the organization of tissues into organs, with the ...
member of the
Ediacara biota
The Ediacaran (; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth during the Ediacaran Period (). These were enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped, mostly sessile, organis ...
.
It is slender, with many short branches,
and is named after the
Khatyspyt Formation
The Khatyspyt Formation is a Neoproterozoic formation exposed in the Olenëk Uplift of north central Siberia,
which contains the only known instance of the Ediacara biota
The Ediacaran (; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period c ...
.
See also
*
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 chal ...
References
Ediacaran life
Fossils of Russia
Ediacaran Asia
Ediacaran Europe
Ediacaran first appearances
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