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Spriggina ovata

Cephalozoa

Taxonomy
Spriggina ovata was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966). Its type specimen is P13754 and is an impression. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Marywadea ovata by Fedonkin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Spriggina ovata Glaessner and Wade pp. 622-623 figs. pl. 98, Fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProarticulata
classCephalozoaIvantsov 2004
RankNameAuthor
genusSprigginaGlaessner 1958
speciesovata

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Spriggina ovata Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-13 07:00:22
Modified: 2009-10-13 09:00:22
Source: g = genus
Reference: Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Australia (South Australia) Spriggina ovata (type locality: 89842)