Fedomia
Fedomia is a genus of organisms resembling sea sponges from the Ediacaran Period.[1]
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| Simplified line drawing of a radial Fedomia specimen. Note star-shaped structures. Scale bar: 1cm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera (?) |
| Genus: | †Fedomia Serezhnikova & Ivantsov, 2007 |
| Species: | †F. mikhaili |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fedomia mikhaili Serezhnikova & Ivantsov, 2007 | |
The organisms look like sacs, often connected and occasionally radiating from a central point, and are millimetres to centimetres in length. Their surface is often patterned with a number of concave, star-shaped, spicule-like structures with six to eight points, with a diameter of 2–5 mm; these were probably flexible rather than rigid.[1]
See also
References
- Serezhnikova, E. A.; Ivantsov, A. Y. (2007), "Fedomia mikhaili—A new spicule-bearing organism of sponge grade from the Vendian (Ediacaran) of the White Sea, Russia", Palaeoworld, 16 (4): 319–324, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2007.07.004
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