Protonympha

Protonympha
Temporal range: Devonian
Holotype specimen of Protonympha salicifolia from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gardeau Sandstone near Naples, New York
Holotype specimen of Protonympha transversa from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Moscow Formation near Summit, New York
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Bilateria
Genus: †Protonympha
Clarke 1903
Species[citation needed]
  • Protonympha transversa
  • Protonympha salicifolia

Protonympha is a form genus for problematic fossils of Devonian age in New York. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity with the iconic Ediacaran fossil Spriggina, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont.[1]

  1. ^ Retallack, G.J. (2018). "Reassessment of the Devonian Problematicum Protonympha as another post-Ediacaran vendobiont". Lethaia. 50 (3): 406–423. Bibcode:2018Letha..51..406R. doi:10.1111/let.12253.