Ausiidae

Ausiidae
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Ausia fenestrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea (?)
Family: †Ausiidae
Hahn and Pflug, 1985[2]
Genera

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Ausiidae is a proposed family of extinct animals, possibly ascidian tunicates.[1]

Genera

Ausiidae contains 4 genera.[2]

  • †Ausia Hahn and Pflug, 1985
  • †Burykhia Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler & Hall, 2012
  • †Finkoella Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021
  • †Pharyngomorpha Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021

See also

  • Yarnemia, another possible Ediacaran tunicate

References

  1. 1 2 Martyshyn, Andrej; Uchman, Alfred (December 2021). "New Ediacaran fossils from the Ukraine, some with a putative tunicate relationship". PalZ. 95 (4): 623–639. Bibcode:2021PalZ...95..623M. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00596-1. eISSN 1867-6812. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 244957825.
  2. 1 2 Ausiidae in the Paleobiology Database
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