Redkinia

Redkinia; Temporal range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Genus:	† Redkinia ; Sokolov,1977

Last updated May 29, 2025

Redkinia is a genus of rod-like Ediacaran fossil fringed with large and small projections^[1] which has been putatively compared with the mandibles of an arthropod ^[2] and the mouthparts of Wiwaxia and Odontogriphus .^[3] If it were to have been a jaw, it would have been used for filter-feeding rather than crushing.^[4]

References

↑ Jago, J. B.; Zang, W. L.; Sun, X.; Brock, G. A.; Paterson, J. R.; Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia". Palaeoworld . 15 (3–4): 406. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.014.
↑ Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa" . Nature. 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode:1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0. S2CID 86276440.
↑ Dzik, J. (2011). "Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 21: 205–218.
↑ McMenamin, M. A. S. (2003). "Origin and Early Evolution of Predators". Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology. Vol. 20. pp. 379–400. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_17. ISBN 978-0-306-47489-7.

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[Jago2006-1] Jago, J. B.; Zang, W. L.; Sun, X.; Brock, G. A.; Paterson, J. R.; Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia". Palaeoworld . 15 (3–4): 406. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.014.

[2] Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa" . Nature. 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode:1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0. S2CID 86276440.

[3] Dzik, J. (2011). "Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 21: 205–218.

[McMenamin2003-4] McMenamin, M. A. S. (2003). "Origin and Early Evolution of Predators". Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology. Vol. 20. pp. 379–400. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_17. ISBN 978-0-306-47489-7.

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