Arboreomorph

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Arboreomorph
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Charniodiscus arboreus (TMP 1993.140.0001), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025-07-13.jpg
Arborea arborea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Petalonamae
Class: Arboreomorpha
Erwin et al., 2011
Genera

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.

References

  1. Marc Laflamme & Guy M. Narbonne (2008): Competition in a Precambrian world: palaeoecology of Ediacaran fronds. Geology Today Vol. 24, No. 5: 182-187.