Primocandelabrum Hofmann et al. 2008

Eumetazoa - Rangeomorpha

Invalid subtaxa: Hiemalora Fedonkin 1982, Pinegia Fedonkin 1980 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. J. Hofmann, S. J. O'Brien, and A. F. King. 2008. Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 82(1):1-36

Parent taxon: Rangeomorpha according to S. A. F. Darroch et al. 2024

See also Chen et al. 2014, Erwin et al. 2011, Hofmann et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Avalofractus, Beothukis, Bradgatia, Charnia, Charnida, Charniidae, Fractofusus, Frondophyllas, Hapsidophyllas, Parviscopa, Pectinifrons, Plumeropriscum, Rangea, Trepassia, Vauzutsinia, Vinlandia

Subtaxa: Hiemalora pleiomorpha Hiemalora stellaris Primocandelabrum hiemaloranum

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Type: Primocandelabrum hiemaloranum

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Canada (20: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories collections), China (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 27 collections including 39 occurrences

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