Ausiidae

Ausiidae; Temporal range: Ediacaran, 557–542 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Ausia fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea (?)
Family:	† Ausiidae ; Hahn and Pflug, 1985
Genera
	See text

Last updated January 01, 2026

Ausiidae is a proposed family of extinct animals, possibly ascidian tunicates.^[1]

Genera

Ausiidae contains 4 genera.^[2]

† Ausia Hahn and Pflug, 1985
† Burykhia Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler & Hall, 2012
† Finkoella Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021
† Pharyngomorpha Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021

References

1 2 Martyshyn, Andrej; Uchman, Alfred (December 2021). "New Ediacaran fossils from the Ukraine, some with a putative tunicate relationship". PalZ. 95 (4): 623–639. doi: 10.1007/s12542-021-00596-1 .
1 2 Ausiidae in the Paleobiology Database

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[ALPHA-1] 1 2 Martyshyn, Andrej; Uchman, Alfred (December 2021). "New Ediacaran fossils from the Ukraine, some with a putative tunicate relationship". PalZ. 95 (4): 623–639. doi: 10.1007/s12542-021-00596-1 .

[BETA-2] 1 2 Ausiidae in the Paleobiology Database

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Ausiidae

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Ausiidae Temporal range: Ediacaran, 557–542 Ma ^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Ausia fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea (?)
Family:	† Ausiidae Hahn and Pflug, 1985^[2]
Genera
See text