List of Ediacaran genera

Fossilised Precambrian life forms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The existence of life, especially that of animals, before the Cambrian had long been the subject of debate in paleontology. The apparent suddenness of the Cambrian explosion had no firm explanation, and Charles Darwin himself recognized the challenge it posed for his theory of evolution.[1] While reports of Precambrian organisms have been made since Alexander Murray's 1868 discovery of Aspidella, it wasn't until the discovery of Charnia in 1956 that considerable evidence of Precambrian life had been presented.[2]

Hypothetical reconstruction of life in the Ediacaran sea

The period immediately preceding the Cambrian, the Ediacaran, is now widely accepted of containing animal life. It spans from 635 to 540 million years ago, and covers approximately 2% of Earth's history. Taxonomists have purported a total of 247 described genera from the Ediacaran, 164 of which are accepted as valid.[a]

Key

  • Valid genus - Genera that are accepted by the scientific community
  • Junior synonym - Alternative name for an already existing genus
  • Unknown status - Unclear if it actually represents a unique organism
  • Invalid - Genera that do not represent an actual fossil organism, or are taphonomic varieties of others

List

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NameAuthorityYearAffinityValidityNotesCountry
Akrophyllas[3] Grimes et al. 2023 Petalonamae Australia
Albumares[4][5] Fedonkin 1976 Trilobozoa Russia
Alienum[6] Liu et al. 2024 Vetulicolia? China
Amorphia[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Anabylia[8] Vodanjuk 1989 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Andiva[9] Fedonkin 2002 Proarticulata Russia
Anfesta[10] Fedonkin 1984 Trilobozoa Russia
Aninoides[11] Rosse‐Guillevic et al. 2025 Petalonamae Canada
Annularidens[12] Ouyang et al. 2020 Acritarcha China
Annulatubus[13] Carbone et al. 2015 Canada
Annulusichnus[14] Zhang 1986 Junior synonym of Gaojiashania, tubular fossil China
Anulitubus[15] Moczydłowska in Moczydłowska et al. 2021 Norway
Arborea[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Petalonamae Was considered a junior synonym of Charniodiscus, now thought to be a colonial eumetazoan unrelated to rangeomorphs[17] Australia
Archaeaspinus[18] Ivantsov 2007 Proarticulata Russia
Archaeichnium[19] Glaessner 1963 Tubular conical fossil Namibia
Archangelia[5][20] Fedonkin 1979 Bilaterally symmetric organism with ovoid shape, and midline axial zone. Junior synonym of Onegia nenoxa (according to Grazhdankin, Ph.D. ms.).[21][22] Russia
Arimasia[23] Runnegar et al. 2024 Porifera Early sponge, possibly a member of Archaeocyatha Namibia
Arkarua[24] Gehling 1987 Echinodermata? Has 5-sided symmetry similar to modern echinoderms Australia
Armillifera[5][25] Fedonkin 1980 Proarticulata Russia
Arumberia[26] Glaessner et Walter 1975 Australia
Askinica[27] Bekker 1996 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Aspidella[28][29] Billings 1872 Biradial discoid fossil Canada
Astra[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Atakia[30] Palij 1979 Ukraine
Attenborites[31] Droser et al. 2018 Australia
Aulozoon[32] Gehling et Runnegar 2021 Australia
Auroralumina[33] Dunn et al. 2022 Cnidaria UK
Ausia[34] Hahn et Pflug 1985 Tunicata? Namibia
Avalofractus[35] Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler 2009 Petalonamae Canada
Aviculaichnus[36] Grytsenko 2009 Trace fossil Junior synonym of Nenoxites Ukraine
Baikalina[37][38] Sokolov 1972 Junior synonym of Ernietta Russia
Barmia[27] Bekker 1996 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Beltanella[39] Sprigg 1947 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Beltanelliformis[40] Menner 1974 Cyanobacterial colony Discoid fossil Russia
Beltanelloides[37][38] Sokolov 1972 Nomen nudum, synonym of Beltanelliformis Russia
Beothukis[41] Brasier et Antcliffe 2009 Petalonamae Canada
Bernashevia[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Bessarabia[42] Gureev 1988 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Moldova
Bilinichnus[20] Fedonkin et Palij 1979 Trace fossil Trace fossil or pseudofossil Russia
Bjarmia[43] Grazhdankin 2016 Scyphozoa Russia
Blackbrookia[44] Boynton et Ford 1995 Rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure UK
Bomakellia[45] Fedonkin 1985 Petalonamae Possible junior synonym of Rangea Russia
Bonata[25][46] Fedonkin 1980 Russia
Brachina[47] Wade 1972 Australia
Bradgatia[44] Boynton et Ford 1995 Petalonamae UK
Bronicella[48] Zaika-Novatsky 1965 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Buchholzbrunnichnus[49] Germs 1973 Trace fossil Namibia
Bunyerichnus[50] Glaessner 1969 Pseudofossil[51] Australia
Burykhia[52] Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler et Hall 2012 Tunicata? Russia
Calyptrina[53] Sokolov 1965 Annelida? Tubular fossil Russia
Catellichnus[54] Bekker 1989 Palaeopascichnida Russia
Catenasphaerophyton[55] Yan et al. 1992 Palaeopascichnida China
Cephalonega[56] Fedonkin in Fedonkin et al. 2019 Proarticulata Russia
Charnia[57] Ford 1958 Petalonamae UK
Charniodiscus[57] Ford 1958 Petalonamae UK
Chondroplon[58] Wade 1971 Probably a junior synonym of Dickinsonia Australia
Cloudina[59] Germs 1972 Annelida? Tubular fossil Namibia
Cocardia[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Coniculus[15] Moczydłowska in Moczydłowska et al. 2021 Norway
Conomedusites[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Cnidaria? Australia
Conotubus[14][60] Zhang et Lin 1986 Tubular fossil China
Convolutubus[61] Vaziri et al. 2020 Tubular fossil Iran
Coronacollina[62] Clites, Droser et Gehling 2012 Porifera? Australia
Corumbella[63] Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug et Walde 1982 Tubular fossil Brazil
Costatubus[64] Selly et al. 2020 Tubular fossil USA
Crassimembrana[12] Ouyang et al. 2020 Acritarcha China
Culmofrons[65][66] Laflamme et al. 2012 Petalonamae Canada
Curviacus[67] Shen et al. 2017 Palaeopascichnida China
Cyanorus[68] Ivantsov 2004 Proarticulata Russia
Cyathinema[69] Agić et al. 2019 Norway
Cyclomedusa[39] Sprigg 1947 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia Ukraine Moldova
Cycliomedusa[70] Zhao et al. 2025 Discoid fossil China
Dactyloichnus[7] Grytsenko 2016 Trace fossil Ukraine
Dickinsonia[39] Sprigg 1947 Proarticulata Australia
Ediacaria[39] Sprigg 1947 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Elainabella[71] Rowland et Rodriguez 2014 Viridiplantae? Multicellular alga USA
Elasenia[72] Fedonkin 1983 Ukraine
Eoandromeda[73] Tang, Yin, Bengtson, Liu, Wang et Gao 2008 Ctenophora? China
Eocyathispongia[74] Yin et al. 2015 Porifera? Small 3 chambered sponge-like organism China
Eoporpita[47] Wade 1972 Australia
Epibaion[75] Ivantsov 2002 Trace fossil Grazing traces of Proarticulata Russia
Ernietta[76][77] Pflug 1966 Petalonamae Namibia
Estrella[78] Liu et Moczydłowska 2019 Acritarcha A microfossil China
Evmiaksia[10] Fedonkin 1984 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Fedomia[79] Serezhnikova et Ivantsov 2007 Porifera? Russia
Finkoella[80] Martyshyn 2021 Tunicata? F. ucrainica is a pseudofossil, however F. oblonga is of microbial origin Ukraine
Fistula[15] Moczydłowska in Moczydłowska et al. 2021 Not Fistula (Moerch, 1853), replaced by Silicofistula Norway
Flavostratum[81] Serezhnikova 2013 Russia
Fractofusus[82][83] Gehling et Narbonne 2007 Petalonamae Canada
Frondophyllas Bamforth et Narbonne 2009 Petalonamae Canada
Funisia[84] Droser et Gehling 2008 Porifera? Tubular fossil Australia
Ganarake[85] Retallack 2022 Lichen? First interpreted as tubestones, now thought to be earliest preserved remains of a lichen USA
Gaojiashania[14][86] Yang, Zhang et Lin 1986 Annelida? Tubular fossil China
Garania[27] Bekker 1996 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Gehlingia[87] McMenamin 1998 Australia
Gibbavasis[88] Vaziri, Majidifard et Laflamme 2018 Tunicata? Small, oval-shaped form similar to Ausia fenestrata Iran
Gigarimaneta[89] Taylor et al. 2021 Petalonamae Canada
Glaessnerina[90] Germs 1973 Petalonamae Junior synonym of Charnia Australia
Gritcenia[91] Menasova 2003 Junior synonym of Nimbia Ukraine
Gureevella[91] Menasova 2003 Ukraine
Hadrynichorde[92] Hofmann, O'Brien et King 2008 Canada
Hadryniscala[92] Hofmann, O'Brien et King 2008 Canada
Hagenetta[93] Hahn et Pflug 1988 Junior synonym of Beltanelliformis Namibia
Hallidaya Wade 1969 Trilobozoa Australia
Haootia Liu et al. 2014 Cnidaria Canada
Harlaniella[37][38][94] Sokolov 1972 Vendotaenid Tubular fossil Ukraine
Hapsidophyllas Bamforth et Narbonne 2009 Petalonamae Canada
Helicolocellus[95] Wang et al. 2024 Porifera Likely a hexactinellid China
Hiemalora[96] Fedonkin 1982 Russia
Houjiashania[97] Liu et al. 2023 Phaeophyceae? China
Hylaecullulus[98] Kenchington, Dunn & Wilby 2018 Petalonamae Multifoliate Petalonamid similar to Primocandelabrum and Bradgatia. UK
Ichnusa Debrenne et Naud 1981 Cnidaria Italy
Ikaria Evans et al. 2020 Bilateria Stem-bilateran Australia
Inaria[99] Gehling 1988 Australia
Inkrylovia Fedonkin 1979 Junior synonym of Onegia Russia
Intrites[25] Fedonkin 1980 Palaeopascichnida Russia
Irridinitus[72] Fedonkin 1983 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Ivesheadia[44] Boynton et Ford 1995 Rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure UK
Ivovicia[18] Ivantsov 2007 Proarticulata Russia
Jampolium[42] Gureev 1988 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Kaisalia[10] Fedonkin 1984 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Karakhtia[100] Ivantsov 2004 Proarticulata Russia
Keretsa[101] Ivantsov 2017 Russia
Khatyspytia[45] Fedonkin 1985 Petalonamae Russia
Kimberella[16][47][102][103] Wade 1972 Mollusca? Australia
Kimberia[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Mollusca? Not Kimberia (Cotton & Woods, 1935), replaced by Kimberella Australia
Kimberichnus[104] Ivantsov 2013 Trace fossil Grazing traces of Kimberella Russia
Komarovia[7] Grytsenko 2016 Not to be confused with Komarovia, extant genus of flowering plant. Ukraine
Kuibisia[34] Hahn et Pflug 1985 Namibia
Kuckaraukia[105] Ivantsov, Novikov et Razumovskiy 2015 Russia
Ladariella[106] Diniz et Leme in Diniz, Leme et Boggiani 2021 A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the family Eoholyniaceae. Brazil
Ladariophyton[106] Diniz et Leme in Diniz, Leme et Boggiani 2021 A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the family Eoholyniaceae. Brazil
Lagoenaforma[107] Agić et al. 2021 A flask-shaped microfossil. Canada Namibia Norway
Laminasphaera[78] Liu et Moczydłowska 2019 Acritarcha A microfossil China
Lamonte [108] Meyer, Xiao, Gill, Schiffbauer, Chen, Zhou et Yuan 2014 Trace fossil China
Lanceaphyton[109] Wang et al. 2021 A high-level eukaryotic macroalga. China
Lantianella[110] Wan et al. 2016 Putative animal, bears similarities to conulariids China
Lobodiscus[111] Zhao et al. 2024 Trilobozoa China
Lomoziella[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Lomosovis[72] Fedonkin 1983 Ukraine
Longbizuiella[112] Yi et al. 2022 Junior synonym of Horodyskia China
Lorenzinites[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Trilobozoa Junior synonym of Rugoconites Australia
Lossinia [18] Ivantsov 2007 Proarticulata Russia
Lydonia[113] Pasinetti et al. 2025 Canada
Madigania[114] Sprigg 1949 Not Madigania (Whitley, 1945), replaced by Spriggia Australia
Mamsetia[115] McIlroy et al. 2024 Cnidaria Canada
Margaritiflabellum Ivantsov 2014 Russia
Marywadea[116] Glaessner 1976 Proarticulata Australia
Mawsonites[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Australia
Maxiphyton[117] Ye et al. 2019 China
Medusinites[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Medvezichnus[45] Fedonkin 1985 Trace fossil Unique specimen of doubtful nature Russia
Membranosphaera[78] Liu et Moczydłowska 2019 Acritarcha Not Membranosphaera Samoilovitch in Samoilovitch and Mtchedlishvili, 1961, replaced by Membranospinosphaera China
Membranospinosphaera[118] Shang et Liu 2024 Acritarcha China
Mezenia[119][120] Sokolov 1976 Russia
Mialsemia[45] Fedonkin 1985 Petalonamae Junior synonym of Bomakellia (or Rangea) Russia
Nadalina[121] Narbonne et Hofmann 1987 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Canada
Namacalathus[122] Grotzinger, Watters, et Knoll 2000 Lophotrochozoa? Namibia
Namalia Germs 1968 Namibia
Namamedusium Zessin 2008 Junior synonym of Beltanelliformis Namibia
Namapoikia Wood, Grotzinger et Dickson 2002 Namibia
Nasepia[90] Germs 1973 Namibia
Nemiana Palij 1976 Junior synonym of Beltanelliformis Ukraine Moldova
Nenoxites Fedonkin 1976 Trace fossil Russia
Nepia[123] Golubkova in Golubkova et Kochnev 2020 Cyanobacteria An oscillatorian cyanobacteria. Russia
Nilpenia[124] Droser et al. 2014 Australia
Nimbia[25] Fedonkin 1980 Russia
Noffkarkys[125] Retallack et Broz 2020 Australia
Obamus Dzaugis, Evans, Droser, Gehling et Hughes 2018 Australia
Olgerdina[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Olgunia[126] Luzhnaya 2025 Porifera? Russia
Onega[4] Fedonkin 1976 Proarticulata Not Onega (Distant, 1908), replaced by Cephalonega Russia
Onegia[119] Sokolov 1976 Russia
Orbisiana[119] Sokolov 1976 Palaeopascichnida Russia
Orthogonium[127][128][129] Gürich 1930 Namibia
Ostiosphaera[130] Yin et al. 2021 An embryo-like fossil of a eukaryote of uncertain affinities, possibly a holozoan. China
Otavia[131] Brain et al. 2012 Porifera? Namibia
Ovatoscutum[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Proarticulata Australia
Palaeopascichnus[132] Palij 1976 Palaeopascichnida Ukraine
Palaeophragmodictya[133] Gehling et Rigby 1996 Australia
Palaeorhopalon[134] Dai et al. 2024 Tubular fossil China
Palaeospinther[91] Menasova 2003 Ukraine
Palaeoplatoda[135] Fedonkin 1979 Russia
Paliella[25] Fedonkin 1980 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Russia
Pambikalbae Jenkins et Nedin 2007 Australia
Papillionata[39] Sprigg 1947 Proarticulata Junior synonym of Dickinsonia Australia
Paracharnia Sun 1986 Petalonamae China
Paramackenzia[136] Zhao et al. 2021 Mackenziid China
Paramedusium[127][128][129] Gürich 1933 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Namibia
Paravendia[68] Ivantsov 2004 Proarticulata Russia
Parvancorina[137] Glaessner 1958 Australia
Parviscopa[92] Hofmann, O'Brien et King 2008 Petalonamae Canada
Pectinifrons[138] Bamforth, Narbonne et Anderson 2008 Petalonamae Canada
Persimedusites Hahn et Pflug 1980 Iran
Petalostroma Pflug 1973 Rejected as valid taxon Namibia
Pharyngomorpha[80] Martyshyn et Uchman 2021 Tunicata? Ukraine
Phyllozoon Jenkins et Gehling 1978 Proarticulata Australia
Pinegia Fedonkin 1980 Not Pinegia (Martynov, 1928), replaced by Hiemalora Russia
Piyuania[110] Wan et al. 2016 Putative animal, bears similarities to Cnidaria China
Planomedusites[38] Sokolov 1972 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Platypholinia[45] Fedonkin 1985 Russia
Plexus[139] Joel, Droser & Gehling 2014 Bilateria Although more studies are needed, it has been identified as bilaterian. Australia
Podolimirus[72] Fedonkin 1983 Proarticulata Ukraine
Podoliina Gureev 1988 Junior synonym of Nenoxites Ukraine
Pollukia Gureev 1987 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Pomoria Fedonkin 1980 Trilobozoa Junior synonym of Tribrachidium Russia
Poratusiramus[112] Yi et al. 2022 China
Portfjeldia[140] Willman & Peel 2022 Tubular fossil Greenland
Praecambridium[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Proarticulata Australia
Primocandelabrum[92] Hofmann, O'Brien et King 2008 Petalonamae Canada
Propaleolina[91] Menasova 2003 Tubular fossil Ukraine
Protechiurus[141] Glaessner 1979 Cnidaria? Namibia
Protoconites[142] Chen, Xiao and Yuan 1994 Cnidaria? Conical organism with possible affinites to Cnidaria China
Protodipleurosoma[114] Sprigg 1949 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Protoniobea[114] Sprigg 1949 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Pseudohiemaloraichnus[36] Grytsenko 2009 Trace fossil Junior synonym of Nenoxites Ukraine
Pseudorhizostomites[114] Sprigg 1949 Problematic biogenic structure Australia
Pseudorhopilema[114] Sprigg 1949 Junior synonym of Pseudorhizostomites Australia
Pseudovendia[143] Boynton et Ford 1979 Rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structures UK
Pteridinium[127] Gürich 1933 Petalonamae Namibia
Qianchuania[110] Wan et al. 2016 Putative animal, bears similarities to Cnidaria China
Quaestio[144] Evans et al. 2024 Australia
Ramellina[25] Fedonkin 1980 Russia
Rangea[127][128][129] Gürich 1929 Petalonamae Namibia
Redkinia Sokolov 1977 Russia
Rugoconites[16] Glaessner et Wade 1966 Trilobozoa Australia
Saarina Sokolov 1965 Tubular fossil Russia
Seirisphaera Chen, Xiao et Yuan 1996 Palaeopascichnida Junior synonym of Orbisiana China
Sekwia[145] Hofmann 1981 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Canada
Sekwitubulus[13] Carbone et al. 2015 Tubular fossil Canada
Serebrina Istchenko 1983 Ukraine
Shaanxilithes Xing, Yue et Zhang 1984 Junior synonym of Nenoxites China
Shepshedia[44] Boynton et Ford 1995 Rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure UK
Shufangtubulus[134] Dai et Hua in Dai et al. 2024 Tubular fossil China
Silicofistula[15][146] Moczydłowska in Moczydłowska et al. 2021 Norway
Sinotubulites[147] Chen, Chen et Qian 1981 Tubular fossil China
Skinnera Wade 1969 Trilobozoa Australia
Skolithos declinatus[45] Fedonkin 1985 Trace fossil Russia
Solza[100] Ivantsov 2004 Russia
Somatohelix[148] Sappenfield, Droser et Gehling 2011 Tubular fossil Australia
Spinomargosphaera[118] Shang et Liu 2024 Acritarcha China
Sporosphaera[149] Landon et al. 2019 China
Spriggia[150] Southcott 1958 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Spriggina[137] Glaessner 1958 Proarticulata Australia
Staurinidia[45] Fedonkin 1985 Cnidaria Russia
Stellaria[7] Grytsenko 2016 Not to be confused with Stellaria, extant genus of flowering plant. Ukraine
Streptichnus[151] Jensen et Runnegar 2005 Vendotaenid[152] or Trace fossil Namibia
Studenicia[153] Gureev 1983 Putative Monocraterion trace fossil Ukraine
Suzmites Fedonkin 1981 Junior synonym of Onegia[citation needed] Russia
Swartpuntia[154] Narbonne, Saylor et Grotzinger 1997 Petalonamae Namibia
Tamengophyton[106] Diniz et Leme in Diniz, Leme et Boggiani 2021 A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the family Eoholyniaceae. Brazil
Tamga [18] Ivantsov 2007 Proarticulata Russia
Tateana[114] Sprigg 1949 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Australia
Temnoxa[100] Ivantsov 2004 Mollusca? Russia
Thectardis[155] Clapham, Narbonne, Gehling, Greentree et Anderson 2004 Porifera? Canada
Tirasiana[5] Palij 1976 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine Moldova
Trepassia[35] Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler 2009 Petalonamae Canada
Tribrachidium[156] Glaessner 1959 Trilobozoa Australia
Triforillonia[157] Gehling, Narbonne et Anderson 2000 Deformed Aspidella Canada
Tulaneia[158] Runnegar et Horodyski 2025 Petalonamae USA
Tungusia[159] Kolosov et Okhlopkova 2024 Fungi Russia
Tymkivia[160] Martyshyn 2023 Ukraine
Uncus[161] Hughes, Evans, Droser 2024 Ecdysozoa Possible stem nematoid Australia
Vaizitsinia Sokolov et Fedonkin 1981 Petalonamae Junior synonym of Rangea Russia
Valdainia[72] Fedonkin 1983 Proarticulata Ukraine
Vaveliksia[72] Fedonkin 1983 Porifera? Ukraine
Velancorina[76] Pflug 1966 Namibia
Vendella[162] Gureev 1987 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters Ukraine
Vendia Keller 1969 Proarticulata Russia
Vendichnus Fedonkin 1979 Possible pseudofossil Russia
Vendoconularia[163] Ivantsov et Fedonkin 2002 Conulata Russia
Vendoglossa Seilacher 2007 Junior synonym of Protechiurus[164] Namibia
Vendomia[4] Keller 1976 Proarticulata Junior synonym of Dickinsonia Russia
Vendomyces[165] M. B. Burzin 1993 Chytridiomycetes Russia
Vendotaenia Gnilovskaya 1971 Vendotaenid Tubular fossil Russia
Ventogyrus Ivantsov et Grazhdankin 1997 Ctenophora? Russia
Veprina[25] Fedonkin 1980 Trace fossil Russia
Vernanimalcula Chen 2004 Acritarcha Possibly a pseudofossil. China
Verrucosphaera[78] Liu et Moczydłowska 2019 Acritarcha Not Verrucosphaera Górka, 1970, replaced by Spinomargosphaera China
Vimenites Fedonkin 1980 Russia
Vinlandia[166] Brasier, Antcliffe et Liu 2012 Petalonamae Canada
Virgatia[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Vladimissa[45] Fedonkin 1985 Russia
Wigwamiella Runnegar 1991 Discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters. Regarded as a taphomorph of Aspidella or junior synonym for Pseudorhizostomites[167] Australia
Windermeria[168] Narbonne 1994 Proarticulata Canada
Wutubus[169] Chen, Zhou, Xiao, Wang, Guan, Hong et Yuan 2014 Tubular fossil China
Yangtziramulus[170] Shen, Xiao, Zhou et Yuan 2009 China
Yarnemia[171] Nesov in Chistyakov et al. 1984 Tunicata? Russia
Yelovichnus[45] Fedonkin 1985 Palaeopascichnida Junior synonym of Palaeopascichnus Russia
Yorgia[172] Ivantsov 1999 Proarticulata Russia
Yilingia[173] Xiao et al. 2019 Bilateria China
Yuria[7] Grytsenko 2016 Ukraine
Velocephalina[174] Coutts et al. This taxon was described in 2019 exclusively in a PhD thesis, therefore it is not recognized as valid and is considered nomen ineditum. Australia
Zolotytsia[5] Fedonkin 1981 Russia
Zuunia[175] Yang et al. 2020 Annelida? A cloudinid. Mongolia
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Mark McMenamin described various taxa from the Clemente Formation in Mexico which are not supported by other researchers and not included in this list.

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