Phyllozoon

Phyllozoon
Temporal range: Late Ediacaran
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Body fossil imprints of Phyllozoon and Aulozoon (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Class: †Erniettomorpha
Genus: †Phyllozoon
Jenkins and Gehling, 1978
Species:
†P. hanseni
Binomial name
†Phyllozoon hanseni
Jenkins and Gehling, 1978

Phyllozoon is an enigmatic organism from the Ediacaran of Australia and Canada. It has been interpreted as an erniettomorph, a window lichen, or a feeding trace of a proarticulate due to its very long and twisting form, although recent studies agree on a erniettomorph affinity. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Phyllozoon hanseni.

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