''Primocandelabrum'' is a genus of
rangeomorph
The rangeomorphs are a form taxon of frondose Ediacaran fossils that are united by a similarity to ''Rangea''. Some researchers, such as Pflug and Narbonne, suggest that a natural taxon Rangeomorpha may include all similar-looking fossils. R ...
known from the Avalon-type
Ediacaran biota. It makes up the brunt of some bedding plane assemblages.
''Primocandelabrum'' was described by Hofmann, O'Brien, and King in 2008.
Diversity
Fossil specimens of Primocandelabrum from
Charnwood Forest:
* Primocandelabrum aelfwynnia Kenchington & Wilby, 2017
* Primocandelabrum boyntoni Kenchington & Wilby, 2017
* Primocandelabrum aethelflaedia Kenchington & Wilby, 2017
Fossil specimens of Primocandelabrum from
Bonavista Peninsula:
* Primocandelabrum Hiemaloranum Hofmann, 2008
* Primocandelabrum sp. Hofmann, 2008
Etymology
The fossils are thus named since it resembles
candelabra, giving it its signature genus name.
See also
*
List of Ediacaran genera
This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 227 genera.
References
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Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end ...
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Hylaecullulus
References
Proterozoic animals
Ediacaran life
Ediacaran Canada
Fossil taxa described in 2008
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