Podolimirus Explained

Podolimirus is an extinct monotypic genus of unclassified proarticulates. It presents a single species, Podolimirus mirus. It was found in strata of the late Ediacaran, at the beginning of the Cambrian.[1] It is one of the last proarticulates.[1] The first fossils of this genus and species were found in the Ukraine along the Dneister River close by to the deposits in the Vendian Sequence in 1983.

Discovery

The first fossil specimens of P. mirus were found and described in the Dniester River of Ukraine, near the deposits in the Vendian Sequence by Mikhail A Fedokin in the year of 1983.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283176572_Taphonomy_of_the_Ediacaran_Podolimirus_and_associated_dipleurozoans_from_the_Vendian_of_Ukraine Taphonomy of the Ediacaran Podolimirus and associated dipleurozoans from the Vendian of Ukraine
  2. Book: The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota. Mikhail A.. Fedonkin. Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of. Sciences). James G.. Gehling. James G. (Senior Curator Gehling, retired 6 27 2019 South Australian. Museum). Kathleen. Grey. Guy M.. Narbonne. Patricia. Vickers Rich. Patricia (Director Vickers-Rich, Monash. University). Mar 16, 2007. JHU Press. 9781862392335. July 10, 2022. Google Books.