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Cyanorus

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Cyanorus
Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 555 Ma
Restoration of C. singularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Proarticulata
Class: Cephalozoa
Family: Sprigginidae
Genus: Cyanorus
Ivanstov, 2004
Species:
C. singularis
Binomial name
Cyanorus singularis
Ivanstov, 2004[1]

Cyanorus singularis[a] is a small proarticulatan, closely related to Spriggina and Marywadea.[2] The anterior part of the body was most likely not segmented. The axial structure of it combines features of the Vendia species and Dickinsonia species. It was found in the Upper Vendian of the White Sea area, Arkhangel'sk Region.[2] It is a White Sea Ediacaran fossil and it became extinct during the Late Precambrian.

Notes

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  1. ^ The genus name is derived from the Greek,κυανεος ορος, which means Blue Mountain, in honor of the name of the area of the same name, where the fossils were found.

References

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  1. ^ "Species †Cyanorus singularis - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon". taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ivantsov, A. Yu. (2004). "New Proarticulata from the Vendian of the Arkhangel'sk Region". Paleontological Journal. 38 (3): 247. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.738.7043.