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Genus of frond fossils

Primocandelabrum
Temporal range: 541 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Ediacaran
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Class: †Rangeomorpha
Genus: †Primocandelabrum
Hofmann, 2008
Species

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Primocandelabrum is a genus of rangeomorph known from the Avalon-type Ediacaran biota. It makes up the brunt of some bedding plane assemblages. Primocandelabrum was described by Hofmann, O'Brien, and King in 2008.

Diversity

Fossil specimens of Primocandelabrum from Charnwood Forest:

  • Primocandelabrum aelfwynnia Kenchington & Wilby, 2017
  • Primocandelabrum boyntoni Kenchington & Wilby, 2017
  • Primocandelabrum aethelflaedia Kenchington & Wilby, 2017

Fossil specimens of Primocandelabrum from Bonavista Peninsula:

  • Primocandelabrum Hiemaloranum Hofmann, 2008
  • Primocandelabrum sp. Hofmann, 2008

Etymology

The fossils are thus named since it resembles candelabra, giving it its signature genus name.

See also

References

  1. Wilby, P. R.; Carney, J. N.; Howe, M. P. A. (2011). "A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean" (PDF). Geology. 39 (7): 655–658. doi:10.1130/G31890.1.
  2. ^ Hofmann, H. J.; O'Brien, S. J.; King, A. F. (2008). "Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1666/06-087.1. ISSN 0022-3360.
Taxon identifiers
Primocandelabrum
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