Pectinifrons

Pectinifrons
Temporal range: 635–541 Ma Ediacaran
Life restoration of Pectinifrons abyssalis. Note the comb shape of its body.
Scientific classification
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Pectinifrons

Bamforth, 2008
Species:
P. abyssalis

Bamforth, 2008
Binomial name
Pectinifrons abyssalis
Bamforth, 2008

Pectinifrons was a rangeomorph, a member of the Ediacara biota found at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland.[1]

It was a multi-branched organism with a comb-like appearance.[1] It grew by adding fronds, then inflating them.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Bamforth, Emily L.; Narbonne, Guy M.; Anderson, Michael M. (2008), "Growth and Ecology of a Multi-branched Ediacaran Rangeomorph from the Mistaken Point Assemblage, Newfoundland", Journal of Paleontology, 82 (4): 763–777, doi:10.1666/07-112.1, S2CID 128922154