Khatyspytia

Khatyspytia
Temporal range: 541 Ma
↓
 Ediacaran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
†Petalonamae
Class:
†Rangeomorpha
Genus:
†Khatyspytia

Fedonkin, 1985
Species:
†K. grandis
Binomial name
Khatyspytia grandis
Fedonkin, 1985

Khatyspytia is a frondose member of the Ediacara biota. It is slender, with many short branches,[1] and is named after the Khatyspyt Formation.[2]

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  2. ^ Grazhdankin, Dima (2004). "Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution". Paleobiology. 30 (2): 203–221. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373. S2CID 129376371.