Gastreochrea viva is a species of enigmatic tubular organism from the Ediacaran that bared a slight resembalance to the Anabartids (Lower Cambrian of age) which also bared a similar tube-like structure.[1] It was first described by Val'kov in 1982.[2] It is similar to and may be confused with Mariochrea sinuosa.[2]
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| Phylum: | ✝Triradialomorpha(?) ✝Trilobozoa(?)
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| Genus: | ✝Gastreochrea Valkov, 1982 and Sepkoski, 2002
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| Species: | ✝G. viva
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| ✝Gastreochrea viva | |
Affinity
editJ.J. Sepkoski proposed that gastreochrea should be considered as a Trilobozoan. However, it has also been proposed to being a Triradialomorph.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lipps, Jere H.; Signor, Philip W.; Signor, Philip W. (31 August 1992). Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa. Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-44067-0.
- ^ a b Kouchinsky, Artem; Bengtson, Stephan; Feng, Weimin; Kutygin, Ruslan; Val'kov, Anatolij (September 2009). "The Lower Cambrian fossil Anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (3): 241–298. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002715. S2CID 140636579.
- ^ "Gastreochrea Valkov, 1982". www.gbif.org.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org.
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