Redkinia is a genus of rod-like Ediacaran fossil fringed with large and small projections[1] which has been putatively compared with the mandibles of an Arthropod [2] and the mouthparts of Wiwaxia and Odontogriphus.[3] If it were to have been a jaw, it would have been used for filter-feeding rather than crushing.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Redkinia Sokolov,1977 |
References
edit- ^ Jago, J. B.; Zang, W. L.; Sun, X.; Brock, G. A.; Paterson, J. R.; Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia". Palaeoworld. 15 (3–4): 406. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.014.
- ^ Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa". Nature. 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode:1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0. S2CID 86276440.
- ^ Dzik, J. (2011). "Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 21: 205–218.
- ^ McMenamin, M. A. S. (2003). "Origin and Early Evolution of Predators". Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology. Vol. 20. pp. 379–400. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_17. ISBN 978-0-306-47489-7.
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