Somatohelix

Somatohelix is a genus of curvaceous, spiralling tubular fossil, 2–7 mm wide and 3–14 cm long, from the Ediacaran deposites of the South Australia that was originally interpreted as a trace fossil; a larger amount of better-preserved material since facilitated its reconstruction as the remains of an organism of uncertain nature.[1] Modern analogues of organisms with a helical constructional morphology are found not only in disparate Kingdoms, but also in multiple domains.[1]

Somatohelix
Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 555 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Genus: †Somatohelix
Sappenfield et al., 2011
Species:
†S. sinuosus
Binomial name
†Somatohelix sinuosus
Sappenfield et al., 2011

See also

References
  1. Sappenfield, A.; Droser, M. L.; Gehling, J. G. (2011). "Problematica, Trace Fossils, and Tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): Redefining the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record One Tube at a Time". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 256–265. doi:10.1666/10-068.1.


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