Beltanelliformis Explained

Beltanelliformis is a genus of discoid fossil from the Ediacaran period containing the two species B. brunsae and B. minutae, sometimes ascribed to the Ediacaran Biota. The chemical signature obtained from organically preserved specimens points to a cyanobacterial affinity (cf. Nostoc).^[1] Depending on its preservation, it is sometimes referred to as Nemiana or Beltanelloides.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Bobrovskiy . Ilya . Hope . Janet M. . Krasnova . Anna . Ivantsov . Andrey . Brocks . Jochen J. . Molecular fossils from organically preserved Ediacara biota reveal cyanobacterial origin for Beltanelliformis . Nature Ecology & Evolution . 22 January 2018 . 10.1038/s41559-017-0438-6 . 29358605 . 2 . 3 . 437–440 . 3334262.
2. Ivantsov A.Yu. . Gritsenko V.P. . Konstantinenko L.I. . Zakrevskaya M.A. . 2014 . Revision of the Problematic Vendian Macrofossil Beltanelliformis (=Beltanelloides, Nemiana) . Paleontological Journal . 48 . 13 . 1423–1448 . 10.1134/S0031030114130036. 128760957 .