Parvancorina minchami
Geological Time: Vendian (about 555 mya)
Size: 8 mm wide
Fossil Locality: White Sea Coast, Russia
 This
Parvancorina minchami is a Vendian animal ichnofossil from the
White
Sea coast in Russia that closely resembles fauna from the lower through
middle Cambrian. As such, it supports the appearance of arthropods
during or before the Ediacaran. Some impressions suggest there
were
about 10 biramous legs. There also appears to be affinity for Burgessia,
an arthropod from the Burgess
Shale, as well as apparent similarity to arthropods
from the Kaili biota in China. |