Harlaniella

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Harlaniella
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Genus: Harlaniella
Sokolov, 1972
Species
  • Harlaniella podolica Sokolov, 1972 (type)
  • H. ingriana Ivantsov, 2013

Harlaniella podolica is a problematic Ediacaran species of elongate, striated or crudely 'segmented' tubes, once thought to represent a trace fossil, but now believed to represent internal casts of the body of an unknown organism.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ivantsov, A. Yu. (2013). "New data on Late Vendian problematic fossils from the genus Harlaniella". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 21 (6): 592–600. Bibcode:2013SGC....21..592I. doi:10.1134/S0869593813060051. S2CID 140579599.