''Palaeopascichnus'' is an
Ediacaran
The Ediacaran ( ) is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic geologic era, Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period at 635 Million years ago, Mya to the beginning of the Cambrian Period at 538.8 Mya. It is the last ...
fossil comprising a series of lobes, first originating before the
Gaskiers glaciation;
[ it is plausibly a protozoan, but probably unrelated to the classical ']Ediacaran 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 ...
'.
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 ...
* Palaeopascichnid
References
Ediacaran life
Incertae sedis
Ediacaran Europe
Geology of Ukraine
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