Palaeopascichnus

Palaeopascichnus
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: incertae sedis
Informal group: Palaeopascichnida
Genus: Palaeopascichnus
Palij, 1976
Type species
Palaeopascichnus delicatus
Palij, 1976
Species
  • P. delicatus Palij, 1976
  • P. linearis Fedonkin, 1976
  • P. gracilis Fedonkin, 1985
Synonyms
  • Inrites Fedonkin, 1980
  • Yelovichnus Fedonkin, 1985
  • Catellichnus Becker, 1989
  • Iterichnus Becker, 2013
  • Pseudobergaueria Becker, 2013
  • Orbisiana Sokolov, 1976
    • Orbisiana linearis Chen, 1994
      • Seirisphaera Chen, 1994
      • Catenasphaerophyton Yan et al., 1992

Palaeopascichnus is an enigmatic form from the Ediacaran, consisting of a series of lobes. It was originally considered a trace fossil, but further research found it to be a body fossil, being the skeletal remains of an agglutinating organism.