Vermiforma antiqua Cloud et al. 1976

Pseudofossil

Note that this named ichnofossil taxa has since been noted as a 'tectograph' that is likely abiotic in origin.

Full reference: P. Cloud, J. Wright, and L. Glover, III. 1976. Traces of Animal Life from 620-Million-Year-Old Rocks in North Carolina: The oldest well-dated metazoan fossils from North America are preserved beneath the deposits of a waning turbidity current that flowed downslope from an ancient volcanic borderland along the southeastern coast. American Scientist 64(4):396-406

Belongs to Vermiforma according to P. Cloud et al. 1976

See also Runnegar and Fedonkin 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 216221

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of United States (3: North Carolina collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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