Karakhtia

Karakhtia nessovi is a species of Proarticulate from the Ediacaran period, around 555 Million Years Ago. K. nessovi is the only species in the genus Karakhtia.^[1] The genus Haootia has been compared minorly to Karakhtia in the way that the fossils of Haootia superficially resemble the crumpled margins of Karakhtia.^[2]

Karakhtia nessovi Temporal range: Ediacaran, about 555 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Karakhtia nessovi
Reconstruction of Karakhtia nessovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Proarticulata
Class:	†Vendiamorpha
Family:	†Vendiidae
Genus:	†Karakhtia Ivantsov, 2004
Species:	†K. nessovi
Binomial name
Karakhtia nessovi Ivantsov, 2004

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Vendiamorpha
• Vendia
• List of ediacaran genera

References

1. Ivantsov, Andrey Yu.; Malakhovskaya, Ya.E.; Serezhnikova, E.A. (January 2004). "Some problematic fossils from the Vendian of the southeastern White Sea Region". Paleontological Journal. 38 (1): 1–9 – via researchgate.net.
2. Liu, Alexander G.; Matthews, Jack J.; Menon, Latha R.; McIlroy, Duncan; Brasier, Martin D. (2014). "Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (Approx. 560 Ma)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1793). doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202. PMC 4173675. PMID 25165764.