Tribrachidium

"Pomoria" redirects here. For other uses, see Pomoria (disambiguation).

Tribrachidium
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Fossil of Tribrachidium heraldicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Trilobozoa
Family: †Tribrachididae
Genus: †Tribrachidium
Glaessner, 1959
Species
  • T. heraldicum (type)
  • T. gehlingi
Synonyms
  • Pomoria Fedonkin, 1980
    • P. corolliformis Fedonkin, 1980

Tribrachidium is a tri-radially symmetric fossil animal that lived in the late Ediacaran (Vendian) seas. In life, it was hemispherical in form. T. heraldicum is the best known member of the extinct group Trilobozoa.

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