Kuckaraukia
Genus of enigmatic Ediacaran biota
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Genus: | †Kuckaraukia Ivantsov et al., 2015 |
Kuckaraukia is a genus of enigmatic Ediacaran organisms known from fossil casts of a disc-shaped biogenic structure interpreted as bifoliate, with a structured bottom layer and a less resistant top layer. It is unknown if the fossils represent single animals or a colonial organism of some kind.[1]
References
- ^ Razumovskiy, A.A.; Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Novikov, I.A.; Korochantsev, A.V. (2015). "Kuckaraukia multituberculata: A New Vendian Fossil from the Basa Formation of the Asha Group in the South Urals". Paleontological Journal. 45 (5): 449–456. Bibcode:2015PalJ...49..449R. doi:10.1134/S0031030115050111. S2CID 129965088.