Somatohelix sinuosus Sappenfield et al. 2011

Somatohelix sinuosus

Full reference: A. Sappenfield, M. L. Droser, and J. G. Gehling. 2011. Problematica, trace fossils, and tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): Redefining the Ediacaran trace fossil record one tube at a time. Journal of Paleontology 85(2):256-265

Belongs to Somatohelix according to A. Sappenfield et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM P45898. Its type locality is Nilpena, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at Nilpena

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