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A list of all currently known and described Ediacaran genera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 239 genera.
Name | Authors | Year | Taxonomy | Validity | Notes | Country |
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Affinovendia[1] | Sokolov | 1984 | reinterpretated as trace fossil Treptichnus lublinensis and Cambrian in age | Russia | ||
Albumares[2][3] | Fedonkin | 1976 | Trilobozoa | Russia | ||
Amorphia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Anabylia[5] | Vodanjuk | 1989 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Andiva[6] | Fedonkin | 2002 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Anfesta[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | Trilobozoa | Russia | ||
Annulatubus[8] | Calla A. Carbone et al. | 2015 | Canada | |||
Annulusichnus[9] | Zhang | 1986 | junior synonym of Gaojiashania, tubular fossil | China | ||
Arborea[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Was considered a junior synonym of Charniodiscus, now thought to be a colonial Eumetazoan unrelated to Rangeomorphs[11] | Australia | ||
Archaeaspinus[12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Archaeichnium[13] | Glaessner | 1963 | tubular conical fossil | Namibia | ||
Archangelia[3][14] | Fedonkin | 1979 | Bilaterally symmetric organism with ovoid shape, and midline axial zone. Junior synonym of Onegia nenoxa (according to Grazhdankin, Ph.D. ms.).[15][16] | Russia | ||
Arkarua[17] | Gehling | 1987 | Australia | |||
Armillifera[3][18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Arumberia[19] | Glaessner et Walter | 1975 | Australia | |||
Askinica[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Aspidella[21][22] | Billings | 1872 | biradial discoid fossil | Canada | ||
Astra[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Atakia[23] | Palij | 1979 | Ukraine | |||
Attenborites[24] | Droser et al. | 2018 | Australia | |||
Auroralumina[25] | Dunn et al. | 2022 | United Kingdom | |||
Ausia[26] | Hahn et Pflug | 1985 | Namibia | |||
Avalofractus[27] | Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler | 2009 | Canada | |||
Aviculaichnus[28] | Grytsenko | 2009 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | Ukraine | ||
Baikalina[29][30] | Sokolov | 1972 | junior synonym of Ernietta | Russia | ||
Barmia[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Beltanella[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Beltanelliformis[32] | Menner | 1974 | cyanobacterial colony | discoid fossil | Russia | |
Beltanelloides[29][30] | Sokolov | 1972 | nomen nudum, synonym of Beltanelliformis | Russia | ||
Beothukis[33] | Brasier et Antcliffe | 2009 | Canada | |||
Bernashevia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Bessarabia[34] | Gureev | 1988 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Bilinichnus[14] | Fedonkin et Palij | 1979 | Trace fossil | trace fossil or pseudofossil | Russia | |
Blackbrookia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | UK | ||
Bomakellia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | possible junior synonym of Rangea | Russia | ||
Bonata[18][37] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Russia | |||
Brachina[38] | Wade | 1972 | Australia | |||
Bradgatia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | UK | |||
Bronicella[39] | Zaika-Novatsky | 1965 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Buchholzbrunnichnus[40] | Germs | 1973 | Namibia | |||
Bunyerichnus[41] | Glaessner | 1969 | pseudofossil[42] | Australia | ||
Burykhia[43] | Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler et Hall | 2012 | Russia | |||
Calyptrina[44] | Sokolov | 1965 | tubular fossil | Russia | ||
Catellichnus[45] | Bekker | 1989 | palaeopascichnid | Russia | ||
Catenasphaerophyton[46] | Yan et al. | 1992 | palaeopascichnid | China | ||
Cephalonega[2] | Fedonkin | 1976 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Charnia[47] | Ford | 1958 | UK | |||
Charniodiscus[47] | Ford | 1958 | UK | |||
Chondroplon[48] | Wade | 1971 | probably a junior synonym of Dickinsonia | Australia | ||
Cloudina[49] | Germs | 1972 | tubular fossil | Namibia | ||
Cocardia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Conomedusites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Australia | |||
Conotubus[9][50] | Zhang et Lin | 1986 | tubular fossil | China | ||
Coronacollina[51] | Clites, Droser et Gehling | 2012 | Sponge (?) | Australia | ||
Corumbella[52] | Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug et Walde | 1982 | tubular fossil | Brazil | ||
Costatubus[53] | Selly et al. | 2020 | tubular fossil | USA | ||
Cyanorus[54] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Russia | |||
Cyclomedusa[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Dactyloichnus[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Dickinsonia[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | Australia | |||
Ediacaria[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Elainabella[55] | Stephen M. Rowland and Margarita G. Rodriguez | 2014 | Protoctista | multicellular alga | USA | |
Elasenia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Ukraine | |||
Eoandromeda[57] | Tang, Yin, Bengtson, Liu, Wang et Gao | 2008 | Ctenophora | China | ||
Eocyathispongia[58] | Zongjun Yin et al. | 2015 | Porifera | small 3 chambered sponge | China | |
Eoporpita[38] | Wade | 1972 | Australia | |||
Epibaion[59] | Ivantsov | 2002 | Trace fossil | grazing traces of Proarticulata | Russia | |
Ernietta[60][61] | Pflug | 1966 | Namibia | |||
Evmiaksia[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Fedomia[62] | Serezhnikova et Ivantsov | 2007 | Sponge (?) | Russia | ||
Flavostratum[63] | Serezhnikova | 2013 | Russia | |||
Fractofusus[64][65] | Gehling et Narbonne | 2007 | Canada | |||
Frondophyllas | Bamforth et Narbonne | 2009 | Canada | |||
Funisia[66] | Droser et Gehling | 2008 | tubular fossil | Australia | ||
Finkoella[67] | Andrej Martyshyn | 2021 | F. ucrainica is a Pseudofossil, however F. oblonga is of microbial origin | Ukraine | ||
Ganarake[68] | Retallack | 2022 | Lichen? | First interpreted as tubestones, now thought to be earliest preserved remains of a Lichen | USA | |
Gaojiashania[9][69] | Yang, Zhang et Lin | 1986 | tubular fossil | China | ||
Garania[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Gehlingia[70] | McMenamin | 1998 | Australia | |||
Gibbavasis[71] | Vaziri, Majidifard et Laflamme | 2018 | Small, oval-shaped form similar to Ausia fenestrata | Iran | ||
Gigarimaneta[72] | Taylor et al. | 2021 | Canada | |||
Glaessnerina[73] | Germs | 1973 | junior synonym of Charnia | Australia | ||
Gureevella | Menasova | 2006 | Ukraine | |||
Hadrynichorde | Hofmann, O'Brien, et King | 2008 | Canada | |||
Hagenetta[74] | Hahn et Pflug | 1988 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | Namibia | ||
Hallidaya | Wade | 1969 | Australia | |||
Haootia | Liu et al. | 2014 | Cnidaria | Canada | ||
Harlaniella[29][30][75] | Sokolov | 1972 | Vendotaenid | tubular fossil | Ukraine | |
Hapsidophyllas | Bamforth et Narbonne | 2009 | Canada | |||
Hiemalora[76] | Fedonkin | 1982 | Russia | |||
Horodyskia[77] | Yochelson & Fedonkin | 2000 | Russia | |||
Hylaecullulus[78] | Kenchington, Dunn & Wilby | 2018 | Multifoliate Petalonamid similar to Primocandelabrum and Bradgatia. | UK | ||
Ichnusa | Debrenne et Naud | 1981 | Cnidarian | Italy | ||
Ikaria | Evans et al. | 2020 | stem-bilateran | Australia | ||
Inaria | Gehling | 1987 | Australia | |||
Inkrylovia | Fedonkin | 1979 | junior synonym of Onegia | Russia | ||
Intrites[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | palaeopascichnid | Russia | ||
Irridinitus[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Ivesheadia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | UK | ||
Ivovicia[12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Jampolium[34] | Gureev | 1988 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Kaisalia[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Karakhtia[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Keretsa[80] | Ivantsov | 2017 | Russia | |||
Khatyspytia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Russia | |||
Kimberella[10][38][81][82] | Glaessner & Wade | 1966 | Mollusca (?) | Australia | ||
Kimberichnus[83] | Ivantsov | 2013 | Trace fossil | grazing traces of Kimberella | Russia | |
Komarovia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Not to be confused with Komarovia, extant genus of flowering plant. | Ukraine | ||
Kuibisia[26] | Hahn et Pflug | 1985 | Namibia | |||
Kuckaraukia[84] | Razumovskiy, Ivantsov, Novikov et Korochantsev | 2015 | Russia | |||
Lamonte [85] | Meyer, Xiao, Gill, Schiffbauer, Chen, Zhou et Yuan | 2014 | Trace fossil | China | ||
Lobodiscus[86] | Zhao et al. | 2024 | Trilobozoa | China | ||
Lomoziella[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Lomosovis[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Ukraine | |||
Lorenzinites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | junior synonym of Rugoconites | Australia | ||
Lossinia [12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Madigania[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | not Madigania (Whitley, 1945), replaced by the Spriggia | Australia | ||
Mamsetia[88] | McIlroy et al. | 2024 | Cnidaria | Canada | ||
Margaritiflabellum | Ivantsov | 2014 | Russia | |||
Marywadea[89] | Glaessner | 1976 | Proarticulata | Australia | ||
Mawsonites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Australia | |||
Medusina[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | not Medusina (Walcott, 1898), replaced by the Medusinites | Australia | ||
Medusinites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Medvezichnus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Trace fossil | unique specimen of doubtful nature | Russia | |
Mezenia[90][91] | Sokolov | 1976 | Russia | |||
Mialsemia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | junior synonym of Bomakellia (or Rangea) | Russia | ||
Nadalina | Narbonne et Hofmann | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Canada | ||
Namacalathus[92] | Grotzinger, Watters, et Knoll | 2000 | Namibia | |||
Namalia | Germs | 1968 | Namibia | |||
Namamedusium | Zessin | 2008 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | Namibia | ||
Namapoikia | Wood, Grotzinger et Dickson | 2002 | Namibia | |||
Nasepia[73] | Germs | 1973 | Namibia | |||
Nemiana | Palij | 1976 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | Ukraine | ||
Nenoxites | Fedonkin | 1976 | Russia | |||
Nilpenia[93] | Droser et al. | 2014 | Australia | |||
Nimbia[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Russia | |||
Noffkarkys[94] | Retallack and Broz | 2020 | Australia | |||
Obamus | Dzaugis, Evans, Droser, Gehling et Hughes | 2018 | Australia | |||
Olgerdina[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Onegia[90] | Sokolov | 1976 | Russia | |||
Orbisiana[90] | Sokolov | 1976 | palaeopascichnid | Russia | ||
Orthogonium[95][96][97] | Gürich | 1930 | Namibia | |||
Ovatoscutum[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Proarticulata | Australia | ||
Palaeopascichnus[98] | Palij | 1976 | palaeopascichnid | Ukraine | ||
Palaeophragmodictya[99] | Gehling et Rigby | 1996 | Australia | |||
Palaeospinther[100] | Menasova | 2003 | Ukraine | |||
Palaeoplatoda[101] | Fedonkin | 1979 | Russia | |||
Paliella[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Russia | ||
Pambikalbae | Jenkins et Nedin | 2007 | Australia | |||
Papillionata[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | Proarticulata | junior synonym of Dickinsonia | Australia | |
Paracharnia | Sun | 1986 | China | |||
Paramedusium[95][96][97] | Gürich | 1933 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Namibia | ||
Paravendia[54] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Parvancorina[102] | Glaessner | 1958 | Australia | |||
Parviscopa | Hofmann, O'Brien et King | 2008 | Canada | |||
Pectinifrons[103] | Bamforth, Narbonne et Anderson | 2008 | Canada | |||
Persimedusites | Hahn et Pflug | 1980 | Iran | |||
Petalostoma | Pflug | 1973 | rejected as valid taxon | Namibia | ||
Phyllozoon | Jenkins et Gehlig | 1978 | Proarticulata | Australia | ||
Planomedusites[30] | Sokolov | 1972 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Platypholinia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Russia | |||
Plexus[104] | Joel, Droser & Gehling | 2014 | Bilateria | Although more studies are needed, it has been identified as bilaterian. | Australia | |
Podolimirus[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Proarticulata | Ukraine | ||
Podoliina | Gureev | 1988 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | Ukraine | ||
Pollukia | Gureev | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Pomoria | Fedonkin | 1980 | junior synonym of Tribrachidium | Russia | ||
Praecambridium[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Proarticulata | Australia | ||
Primocandelabrum | Hofmann, O'Brien et King | 2008 | Canada | |||
Propalaeolina | Menasova | 2006 | tubular fossil | Ukraine | ||
Protechiurus[105] | Glaessner | 1979 | Namibia | |||
Protodipleurosoma[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Protoniobea[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Pseudohiemaloraichnus | Grytsenko | 2009 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | Ukraine | ||
Pseudorhizostomites[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | problematic biogenic structure | Australia | ||
Pseudorhopilema[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | junior synonym of Pseudorhizostomites | Australia | ||
Pseudovendia[106] | Boynton et Ford | 1979 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structures | UK | ||
Pteridinium[95] | Gürich | 1933 | Namibia | |||
Quaestio[107] | Evans et al. | 2024 | Australia | |||
Ramellina[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Russia | |||
Rangea[95][96][97] | Gürich | 1929 | Namibia | |||
Redkinia | Sokolov | 1977 | Russia | |||
Rugoconites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Australia | |||
Saarina | Sokolov | 1965 | tubular fossil | Russia | ||
Seirisphaera | Chen, Xiao et Yuan | 1996 | palaeopascichnid | Junior synonym of Orbisiana | China | |
Sekwia | Hofmann | 1981 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Canada | ||
Sekwitubulus[8] | Calla A. Carbone et al. | 2015 | tubular fossil | Canada | ||
Serebrina | Istchenko | 1983 | Ukraine | |||
Shaanxilithes | Xing, Yue et Zhang | 1984 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | China | ||
Shepshedia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | UK | ||
Sinotubulites | Chen, Chen et Qian | 1981 | tubular fossil | China | ||
Skinnera | Wade | 1969 | Trilobozoa | Australia | ||
Skolithos declinatus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Trace fossil | Russia | ||
Solza[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Russia | |||
Somatohelix[108] | Sappenfield, Droser et Gehling | 2011 | tubular fossil | Australia | ||
Spriggia[109] | Southcott | 1958 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Spriggina[102] | Glaessner | 1958 | Proarticulata | Australia | ||
Staurinidia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Russia | |||
Stellaria[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Not to be confused with Stellaria, extant genus of flowering plant. | Ukraine | ||
Streptichnus[110] | Jensen et Runnegar | 2005 | Vendotaenid[111] or Trace fossil | Namibia | ||
Studenicia[112] | Gureev | 1983 | putative Monocraterion trace fossil | Ukraine | ||
Suzmites | Fedonkin | 1981 | junior synonym of Onegia[citation needed] | Russia | ||
Swartpuntia[113] | Narbonne, Saylor et Grotzinger | 1997 | Namibia | |||
Tamga [12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Tateana[87] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Australia | ||
Temnoxa molluscula[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Russia | |||
Thectardis[114] | Clapham, Narbonne, Gehling, Greentree et Anderson | 2004 | Sponge (?) | Canada | ||
Tirasiana[3] | Palij | 1976 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Trepassia[27] | Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler | 2009 | Canada | |||
Tribrachidium[115] | Glaessner | 1959 | Trilobozoa | Australia | ||
Triforillonia[116] | Gehling, Narbonne et Anderson | 2000 | Deformed aspidella | Canada | ||
Vaizitsinia | Sokolov et Fedonkin | 1981 | junior synonym of Rangea | Russia | ||
Valdainia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Proarticulata | Ukraine | ||
Vaveliksia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Sponge (?) | Ukraine | ||
Velancorina[60] | Pflug | 1966 | Namibia | |||
Vendella[117] | Gureev | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | Ukraine | ||
Vendia | Keller | 1969 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Vendichnus | Fedonkin | 1979 | possible pseudofossil | Russia | ||
Vendoconularia[118] | Ivantsov et Fedonkin | 2002 | Conulata | Russia | ||
Vendoglossa | Seilacher | 2007 | junior synonym of Protechiurus[119] | Namibia | ||
Vendomia[2] | Keller | 1976 | Proarticulata | junior synonym of Dickinsonia | Russia | |
Vendomyces[120] | M. B. Burzin | 1993 | Chytridiomycetes | Russia | ||
Vendotaenia | Gnilovskaya | 1971 | Vendotaenid | tubular fossil | Russia | |
Ventogyrus | Ivantsov et Grazhdankin | 1997 | Russia | |||
Veprina[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Russia | |||
Vernanimalcula | Chen J. Y | 2004 | China | |||
Vimenites | Fedonkin | 1980 | Russia | |||
Vinlandia[121] | Brasier, Antcliffe et Liu | 2012 | Canada | |||
Virgatia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Vladimissa[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Russia | |||
Wigwamiella | Runnegar | 1991 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters. Regarded as a taphomorph of Aspidella or junior synonym for Pseudorhizostomites[122] | Australia | ||
Windermeria[123] | Narbonne | 1994 | Canada | |||
Wutubus[124] | Chen, Zhou, Xiao, Wang, Guan, Hong et Yuan | 2014 | tubular fossil | China | ||
Yangtziramulus[125] | Shen, Xiao, Zhou et Yuan | 2009 | China | |||
Yarnemia[126] | Nesov in Chistyakov et al. | 1984 | Russia | |||
Yelovichnus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | palaeopascichnid | junior synonym of Palaeopascichnus | Russia | |
Yorgia[127] | Ivantsov | 1999 | Proarticulata | Russia | ||
Yilingia[128] | Xiao et al. | 2020 | Bilateria | China | ||
Yuria[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Ukraine | |||
Zolotytsia[3] | Fedonkin | 1981 | Russia |
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