Biology:Khatyspytia

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Short description: Genus of rangeomorphs

Khatyspytia
Temporal range: 541 Ma
Ediacaran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
†Rangeomorpha
Genus:
Khatyspytia

Fedonkin, 1985
Species:
K. grandis
Binomial name
Khatyspytia grandis
Fedonkin, 1985

Khatyspytia is a frondose member of the Ediacara biota. It is slender, with many short branches,[1] and is named after the Khatyspyt Formation.[2]

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References

  1. Shu, D. G.; Conway Morris, S.; Han, J.; Li, Y.; Zhang, X. L.; Hua, H.; Zhang, Z. F.; Liu, J. N. et al. (May 2006). "Lower Cambrian Vendobionts from China and Early Diploblast Evolution". Science 312 (5774): 731–734. doi:10.1126/science.1124565. PMID 16675697. Bibcode2006Sci...312..731S. 
  2. Grazhdankin, Dima (2004). "Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution". Paleobiology 30 (2): 203–221. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373. 

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