Pomoria rhomboidalis

For other uses, see Pomoria (disambiguation).

Pomoria rhomboidalis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
Genus:
Pomoria

Sivertzeva et Jankauskas, 1989
Species:
P. rhomboidalis
Binomial name
Pomoria rhomboidalis
(Sivertzeva)

Pomoria rhomboidalis are Late Ediacaran microfossils of cyanobacterial trichome which is a characteristic taxon of the fossil microbiota in the East European Platform, it is also found in the Siberia and China. It is the only species in the genus Pomoria.

Originally, this fossil was described as Oscillatoriopsis rhomboidalis Sivertzeva, 1985 on the basis of a specimen from Torozhma borehole, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia. Later, the species O. rhomboidalis was reassigned to the separate genus Pomoria Sivertzeva et Jankauskas, 1989.

Pomoria is distinguished from other fossil trichomes by a thin longitudinal or diagonal striate sculpture.

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