Sprigginidae Explained

Sprigginidae is an extinct family of cephalozoans characterized by having a greater number of isomers than its sister taxon, Yorgiidae. They lived approximately 635 million years ago, in the Ediacaran period.

Distribution

Fossils are found within the Ediacaran sediments of South Australia.^[1]

Taxonomy

Sprigginidae presents 4 genera:

• †Spriggina^[2] (type genus).
• †Marywadea
• †Cyanorus
• †Praecambridium, sometimes included into Yorgiidae.

See also

• Cephalozoa
• Yorgiidae

Notes and References

1. Glaessner, Martin F. . 1958 . New Fossils from the Base of the Cambrian in South Australia . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia . 81 . 185–188 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094012/http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_V081/TRSSA_V081_p185p188.pdf . 29 September 2007 .
2. 2005 . 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.06.006 . Ediacara fossil assemblage in the upper Vindhyans of Central India and its significance . De, C . Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . 27 . 5 . 660–683 .