Karakhtia

Karakhtia nessovi is a species of Proarticulate from the Ediacaran period, around 555 Million Years Ago. K. nessovi is the only species in the genus Karakhtia.[1] The genus Haootia has been compared minorly to Karakhtia in the way that the fossils of Haootia superficially resemble the crumpled margins of Karakhtia.[2]

Karakhtia nessovi
Temporal range: Ediacaran, about
Karakhtia nessovi
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Karakhtia

Ivantsov, 2004
Species:
K. nessovi
Binomial name
Karakhtia nessovi
Ivantsov, 2004
Fossilised specimen of Karakhtia nessovi showing how it could be confused with an ancient lettuce leaf


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References

  1. Ivantsov, Andrey Yu.; Malakhovskaya, Ya.E.; Serezhnikova, E.A. (January 2004). "Some problematic fossils from the Vendian of the southeastern White Sea Region". Paleontological Journal. 38 (1): 1–9 via researchgate.net.
  2. Liu, Alexander G.; Matthews, Jack J.; Menon, Latha R.; McIlroy, Duncan; Brasier, Martin D. (2014). "Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (Approx. 560 Ma)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1793). doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202. PMC 4173675. PMID 25165764.
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