Skania
Encyclopedia
Skania is a Cambrian
fossil
arthropod
that may be related to the Ediacaran
organism Parvancorina
, and bears a strong, albeit superficial resemblance to the Vendiamorpha
ns Vendia
, Praecambridium and Onega
.
Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from Mya ; it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's...
fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
arthropod
Arthropod
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...
that may be related to the Ediacaran
Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period , named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, is the last geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era and of the Proterozoic Eon, immediately preceding the Cambrian Period, the first period of the Paleozoic Era and of the Phanerozoic Eon...
organism Parvancorina
Parvancorina
Parvancorina is a genus of shield-shaped Ediacaran fossils. It has a raised ridge down the central axis of symmetry. This ridge can be high in unflattened fossils. At the 'head' end of the ridge there are two quarter circle shaped raised arcs attached. In front of this are two nested...
, and bears a strong, albeit superficial resemblance to the Vendiamorpha
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 are arranged alternately in two rows with reference to the longitudinal axis of body. This phenomenon...
ns Vendia
Vendia
Vendia is an oval-shaped, Ediacaran fossil from 4.5 to 12.5 mm long. Its body is completely segmented into isomers, which are arranged alternately in two rows longitudinal to the axis of the body. The larger isomers cover the smaller ones externally but the posterior ends of all the isomers...
, Praecambridium and Onega
Onega (fossil)
Onega stepanovi is one of the lesser known fossil taxa from the Ediacaran Period. It was described by Mikhail A. Fedonkin in 1976and was placed in the Phylum Proarticulata in 1985....
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