Pteridinium

Pteridinium
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Fossil of Pteridinium simplex at the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Class: †Erniettomorpha
Genus: †Pteridinium
Gürich, 1933
Species
  • P. simplex (Gürich, 1930) (type species)
  • P. carolinaensis (St. Jean, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Pteridium Gürich, 1930
  • Onegia Sokolov, 1976
  • Archangelia Fedonkin, 1979
  • Inkrylovia Fedonkin, 1979

Pteridinium is an erniettomorph found in a number of Precambrian deposits worldwide. It is a member of the Ediacaran biota.

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