Somatohelix Temporal range:
Ediacaran, around
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Somatohelix Sappenfield et al., 2011 |
Species: | †S. sinuosus
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Binomial name | |
†Somatohelix sinuosus Sappenfield et al., 2011
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Somatohelix is a genus of curvilinear, 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
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Somatohelix Sappenfield et al., 2011 |
Species: | †S. sinuosus
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Binomial name | |
†Somatohelix sinuosus Sappenfield et al., 2011
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Somatohelix is a genus of curvilinear, 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]