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Arborea arborea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | † Petalonamae |
Class: | † Arboreomorpha Erwin et al., 2011 |
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The arboreomorphs (Arboreomorpha) are ediacaran organisms of the frondomorph type that had a disk or bulb-shaped anchor on the ocean floor, a central stem and branching. The "branches" were smooth, tubular structures, often swollen with bifurcation and connected together to form a leaf-like structure. [1] It was previously included within Rangeomorpha, but later removed when more related forms were found.