Tribrachidium

Tribrachidium heraldicum
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Fossil of Tribrachidium heraldicum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Trilobozoa
Family: Tribrachididae
Runnegar, 1992
Genus: Tribrachidium
Glaessner, 1959
Species:
T. heraldicum
Binomial name
Tribrachidium heraldicum
Glaessner, 1959
Synonyms

Pomoria Fedonkin, 1980

  • P. corolliformis Fedonkin, 1980

Tribrachidium heraldicum is a tri-radially symmetric fossil animal that lived in the late Ediacaran (Vendian) seas. In life, it was hemispherical in form. T. heraldicum is the best known member of the extinct group Trilobozoa.