Khatyspytia

Khatyspytia is a frondose member of the Ediacara biota. It is slender, with many short branches,[1] and is named after the Khatyspyt Formation.[2]

Khatyspytia
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
†Petalonamae
Class:
†Rangeomorpha
Genus:
†Khatyspytia

Fedonkin, 1985
Species:
†K. grandis
Binomial name
Khatyspytia grandis
Fedonkin, 1985

See also

References
  1. Shu, D. G.; Conway Morris, S.; Han, J.; Li, Y.; Zhang, X. L.; Hua, H.; Zhang, Z. F.; Liu, J. N.; Guo, J. F.; Yao, Y.; Yasui, K. (May 2006). "Lower Cambrian Vendobionts from China and Early Diploblast Evolution". Science. 312 (5774): 731–734. Bibcode:2006Sci...312..731S. doi:10.1126/science.1124565. PMID 16675697. S2CID 1235914.
  2. Grazhdankin, Dima (2004). "Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution". Paleobiology. 30 (2): 203–221. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373. S2CID 129376371.


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