Vernanimalcula

Vernanimalcula
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
The possible fossil of Vernanimalcula guizhouena
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): †Acritarcha
Genus: †Vernanimalcula
Chen et al., 2004
Species:
†V. guizhouena
Binomial name
†Vernanimalcula guizhouena
Chen et al., 2004

Vernanimalcula guizhouena is an acritarch dating from 600 to 580 million years ago; it was between 0.1 and 0.2 mm across (roughly the width of one or two human hairs). Vernanimalcula means "small spring animal", referring to its appearance in the fossil record at the end of the Marinoan Glaciation and the belief upon discovery it was an animal.

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