Palaeopascichnus

Palaeopascichnus
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Scientific classification
Domain: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Palaeopascichnus
Palij, 1976
Species
  • P. delicatus Palij, 1976 (type)
  • P. linearis Fedonkin, 1976
  • P. gracilis Fedonkin, 1985
Synonyms
  • Inrites Fedonkin, 1980
  • Yelovichnus Fedonkin, 1985
  • Catellichnus Becker, 1989
  • Iterichnus Becker, 2013
  • Pseudobergaueria Becker, 2013

Palaeopascichnus is an Ediacaran fossil comprising a series of lobes, first originating before the Gaskiers glaciation; it is plausibly a protozoan, but probably unrelated to the classical 'Ediacaran biota'. Once thought to represent a trace fossil, it is now recognized as a body fossil and corresponds to the skeleton of an agglutinating organism.

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