Veprina

Veprina; Temporal range: Ediacaran, 558–553 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Photo of Veprina from Fedonkin, 1980
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Genus:	Veprina Fedonkin, 1980
Species:	V. undosa Fedonkin, 1980

Veprina is a rare Ediacaran fossil found on the Zimny coast of the White Sea, Russia and described by Mikhail Fedonkin in 1980 and interpreted as a coelenterate (cnidarian).

Description

The body is oval shaped and has a diameter up to 60mm in width and consist of an outer and inner ribbed zone. The inner zone consist of ridges that may have been tentacles. An elongated central depression of the body imparts a bilateral character, which possibly corresponds to the oral aperture.[1][2]

Diversity

V. undosa is the only species known from only one complete fossil and several fragments.[1][2] One trace fossil is attributed to the species.[3]

Discovery

Veprina was discovered on the Zimny coast of the White Sea, Russia and described by Mikhail A. Fedonkin in 1980.[1][2]

Distribution

Besides being found in the White Sea, Russia, a trace Fossil of Veprina was also found in the Varyshev Formation on the Derlo river bank, Mogilev – Podolsky, Ukraine. The fossil has been described as feeding and locomotion traces.[3]

Ecology

Having only one complete fossil makes interpretations of ecology difficult.[1][2] The trace fossil found in Ukraine suggests Veprina was capable of locomotion and an active feeder.[3]

References

Fedonkin, M. A. (1980). "New representatives of the Precambrian coelenterates in the northern Russian platform". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 5: 7–15.
"Systematic descriptions of Vendian metazoa". The Vendian system. Sokolov, B. S. (Boris Sergeevich), 1914-2013., Ivanovskiĭ, A. B. (Andreĭ Borisovich), Fedonkin, M. A. (Mikhail Aleksandrovich). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1990. pp. 86–87. ISBN 3540501428. OCLC 20490926.CS1 maint: others (link)
Ivantsov, A. Y. (2015). "Atlas of macrofossils from upper Vendian and lower Cambrian of middle Dniester area and Volhynia". Upper Vendian macrofossils of Eastern Europe Middle Dniester area and Volhynia. V. P. Gritsenko, V. M. Paliy, V. A. Velіkanov, L. I. Konstantinenko, A. Sh Menasova, M. A. Fedonkin, M. A. Zakrevskaya, and E. A. Serezhnikova. Moscow. p. 113. ISBN 9785903825325. OCLC 949268086.

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[:0-1] Fedonkin, M. A. (1980). "New representatives of the Precambrian coelenterates in the northern Russian platform". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 5: 7–15.

[:1-2] "Systematic descriptions of Vendian metazoa". The Vendian system. Sokolov, B. S. (Boris Sergeevich), 1914-2013., Ivanovskiĭ, A. B. (Andreĭ Borisovich), Fedonkin, M. A. (Mikhail Aleksandrovich). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1990. pp. 86–87. ISBN 3540501428. OCLC 20490926.CS1 maint: others (link)

[:2-3] Ivantsov, A. Y. (2015). "Atlas of macrofossils from upper Vendian and lower Cambrian of middle Dniester area and Volhynia". Upper Vendian macrofossils of Eastern Europe Middle Dniester area and Volhynia. V. P. Gritsenko, V. M. Paliy, V. A. Velіkanov, L. I. Konstantinenko, A. Sh Menasova, M. A. Fedonkin, M. A. Zakrevskaya, and E. A. Serezhnikova. Moscow. p. 113. ISBN 9785903825325. OCLC 949268086.