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Ivovicia is an extinct genus of proarticulates. This monotypic genus has only one species: Ivovicia rugulosa.The genus is named after the Ivovik creek, near the place where the specimen was found.
Nenoxites is an extinct genus of Ediacaran ichnofossils described by Mikhail Fedonkin in 1973. The genus is monotypic; the only species to have been described is Nenoxites curvus.
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- ↑ Waggoner, Ben (1999). "Biogeographic Analyses of the Ediacara Biota: A Conflict with Paleotectonic Reconstructions". Paleobiology. 25 (4): 440–458. Bibcode:1999Pbio...25..440W. doi:10.1017/S0094837300020315. ISSN 0094-8373. JSTOR 2666048.
- ↑ Sokolov, Boris S.; Fedonkin, Mikhail A. (1984-03-01). "The Vendian as the Terminal System of the Precambrian". Episodes Journal of International Geoscience. 7 (1): 12–19. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/1984/v7i1/004.
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