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 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 appears to be affinity for Bugressia,
an arthropod from the Burgess Shale, as well as apparent arthropods
from the Kaili biota in China. |