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Bomakellia ✝
Description | Bomakellia kelleri is an Ediacaran fossil organism represented by only one specimen approximately 9 cm long from the Ust'-Pinega Formation of the Syuzma River and it has similarity to Mialsemia semichatovi from Yorga Formation of the Ediacaran (Vendian) siliciclastic sediments exposed on the Zimnie Gory locality, White Sea of northern Russia and these rocks are dated 555 million year old. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomakellia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Charniidae : Bomakellia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Erniettamorpha : Bomakellia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bomakellia Fedonkin, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | In Sokolov & Twanowski [Eds]. The Vendian System. Volume 1. Paleontology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | osmotroph | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomakellia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bomakellia kelleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Bomakellia Fedonkin |
2002 | Bomakellia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!