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Tribrachidium gehlingi

Taxonomy
Tribrachidium gehlingi was named by Botha and García-Bellido (2024). Its type specimen is SAMA P59794 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boomerang Hill, which is in an Ediacaran marine sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Tribrachidium gehlingi Botha and García-Bellido pp. 2 - 3 figs. 2, 4–6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triradialomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusTribrachidiumGlaessner 1959
speciesgehlingi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tribrachidium gehlingi Botha and García-Bellido 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-12 10:37:55
Modified: 2009-10-12 12:37:55
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) Tribrachidium gehlingi (type locality: 234357)