Ovatoscutum Glaessner and Wade 1966

Cephalozoa

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628

Parent taxon: Cephalozoa according to A. Ivantsov et al. 2019

See also Erwin et al. 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andiva, Archaeaspinus, Cephalonega, Cyanorus, Ivovicia, Lossinia, Marywadea, Podolimirus, Praecambridium, Spriggina, Tamga, Yorgia

Subtaxa: Ovatoscutum concentricum

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Type: Ovatoscutum concentricum

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Ediacaran of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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