Gehlingia

Gehlingia
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Artists reconstruction of Gehlingia dibrachida (note deep groove and tubular structures). Reconstruction from McMenamin and McMenamin, 1994, Hypersea: Life on Land modified by Heather Winkelmann.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: †Gehlingia
McMenamin, 1998
Species:
†G. dibrachida
Binomial name
†Gehlingia dibrachida
McMenamin, 1998

Gehlingia dibrachida is a species of enigmatic Ediacaran organism from South Australia described in 1998. Gehlingia has been described as having many characteristics of petalonamids, although it has been classified as a rather close relative of the Tribrachidium.[1] The overall shape of Gehlingia contradicts this affinity, however, with its shape being a more Bilaterally symmetrical one although the basic structure similar to that of Tribrachidium appears in Gehlingia as separate branches extending into bifurcating minor branches[1] along with "thumb structures" that are apparent in Tribrachidium in the form of side bulges on an axis.[2]

  1. ^ a b Dynamic Paleontology: Using Quantification and Other Tools to Decipher the History of Life. Springer. 10 June 2016. ISBN 9783319227771.
  2. ^ The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia University Press. 1998. ISBN 9780231105583.