Yarnemia

Yarnemia
Temporal range: Late Ediacaran
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Reconstruction as a tunicate-like animal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata (?)
Genus: †Yarnemia
Nesov in Chistyakov et al., 1984
Species:
†Y. ascidiformis
Binomial name
†Yarnemia ascidiformis
Nesov in Chistyakov et al., 1984

Yarnemia ascidiformis is a fossil tentatively classified as a tunicate. If this classification is correct, it would significantly extend the range of the tunicate fossil record from the Cambrian back into the Ediacaran.

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