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''Karakhtia nessovi'' is a species of Proarticulate from the
''Karakhtia nessovi'' is a species of Proarticulate from the Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and th ...
period, around 555 Million Years Ago. K. nessovi is the only species in the genus ''Karakhtia''. The genus Haootia
''Haootia quadriformis'' is an extinct animal belonging to the Ediacaran biota. Estimated to be about 560 million years old, ''H. quadriformis'' is identified as a cnidarian polyp, and represents the earliest known evidence for muscle tissue in ...
has been compared minorly to ''Karakhtia'' in the way that the fossils of ''Haootia'' superficially resemble the crumpled margins of ''Karakhtia''.
See also
*Vendiamorpha
Vendiamorpha
is a class of extinct animals within the Ediacaran phylum Proarticulata.
The typical vendiamorph had an oval-shaped or round-shaped body divided completely into segmented isomers, that were arranged alternately in two rows with ...
* Vendia
''Vendia'' is a genus of oval-shaped, Ediacaran fossils ranging from 4.5 to 12.5 mm long. The body is completely segmented into isomers, which are arranged alternately in two rows longitudinal to the axis of the body. The larger isomers cov ...
* List of ediacaran generaReferences
Vendiamorpha Ediacaran life Ediacaran Proarticulata Enigmatic prehistoric animal genera Taxa described in 2004 {{Ediacaran-stub