Vernanimalcula

Vernanimalcula
Temporal range: Ediacaran
The possible fossil of Vernanimalcula guizhouena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: incertae sedis
Genus: Vernanimalcula
Species:
V. guizhouena
Binomial name
Vernanimalcula guizhouena
Chen et.al, 2004[1]

Vernanimalcula guizhouena is an acritarch dating from 600 to 580 million years ago; it was between 0.1 and 0.2 mm across (roughly the width of one or two human hairs). Vernanimalcula means "small spring animal", referring to its appearance in the fossil record at the end of the Marinoan Glaciation and the belief upon discovery it was an animal.

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