Biology:Kuckaraukia

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Short description: Genus of enigmatic Ediacaran biota

Kuckaraukia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Genus: Kuckaraukia
Ivantsov et al., 2015

Kuckaraukia is a genus of enigmatic Ediacaran organisms known from fossil casts of a disc-shaped biogenic structure interpreted as bifoliate, with a structured bottom layer and a less resistant top layer. It is unknown if the fossils represent single animals or a colonial organism of some kind.[1]

References

  1. Razumovskiy, A.A.; Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Novikov, I.A.; Korochantsev, A.V. (2015). "Kuckaraukia multituberculata: A New Vendian Fossil from the Basa Formation of the Asha Group in the South Urals". Paleontological Journal 45 (5): 449–456. doi:10.1134/S0031030115050111. 

Wikidata ☰ Q111843024 entry