Trepassia

Trepassia
Temporal range: Late Ediacaran, 579–560 Ma
A large specimen of Trepassia wardae from the Drooks Formation in Newfoundland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
†Petalonamae
Class:
†Rangeomorpha
Genus:
Trepassia wardae

Narbonne, 2009
Species:
T. wardae
Binomial name
Trepassia wardae
Narbonne, 2009
Synonyms

Charnia wardi

Trepassia is a 579 million-year-old fossil[1] of Ediacaran rangeomorph. It was first discovered by Guy M. Narbonne, a professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada and colleagues in 2009.[2] Three years later, Martin D. Brasier added additional description to Trepassia.[3] The generic name is taken from the French word, trépassés, which translates to "those that have departed forever" (or "corpses") and honors the Trepassey community in Newfoundland. It was originally described as Charnia wardi; it was referred under this synonym in a 2016 paper.[4]

  1. ^ "Ediacaran Fossils: One Species at a Time | Smithsonian Ocean". ocean.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. ^ Narbonne, Guy M.; Laflamme, Marc; Greentree, Carolyn; Trusler, Peter (2009). "Reconstructing a Lost World: Ediacaran Rangeomorphs from Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (4): 503–523. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..503N. doi:10.1666/08-072R1.1. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 129788025.
  3. ^ Brasier, Martin D.; Antcliffe, Jonathan B.; Liu, Alexander G. (2012). "The architecture of Ediacaran Fronds". Palaeontology. 55 (5): 1105–1124. Bibcode:2012Palgy..55.1105B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01164.x. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 86538017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LAFLAMME2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).