Gastreochrea

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Gastreochrea
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
✝Triradialomorpha(?) ✝Trilobozoa(?)
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
✝Gastreochrea

Valkov, 1982
Species:
✝G. viva
Binomial name
✝Gastreochrea viva

Gastreochrea viva is a species of enigmatic tubular organism from the Ediacaran that bared a slight resembalance to the Anabartids (Lower Cambrian of age) which also bared a similar tube-like structure. [1] It was first described by Valkov in 1982. [2] It is similar to and may be confused with Mariochrea sinuosa . [2]

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Affinity

J.J. Sepkoski proposed that gastreochrea should be considered as a Trilobozoan. However, it has also been proposed to being a Triradialomorph. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lipps, Jere H.; Signor, Philip W.; Signor, Philip W. (31 August 1992). Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa. Springer. ISBN   978-0-306-44067-0.
  2. 1 2 Kouchinsky, Artem; Bengtson, Stephan; Feng, Weimin; Kutygin, Ruslan; Val'kov, Anatolij (September 2009). "The Lower Cambrian fossil Anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (3): 241–298. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002715. S2CID   140636579.
  3. ↑ "Gastreochrea Valkov, 1982". www.gbif.org.
  4. ↑ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org.


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