Ausiidae
| Ausiidae Temporal range: Ediacaran,
| |
|---|---|
| Ausia fenestrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea (?) |
| Family: | †Ausiidae Hahn and Pflug, 1985[2] |
| Genera | |
|
See text | |
Ausiidae is a proposed family of extinct animals, possibly ascidian tunicates.[1]
Genera
Ausiidae contains 4 genera.[2]
- †Ausia Hahn and Pflug, 1985
- †Burykhia Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler & Hall, 2012
- †Finkoella Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021
- †Pharyngomorpha Martyshyn and Uchman, 2021
See also
- Yarnemia, another possible Ediacaran tunicate
References
- ^ a b Martyshyn, Andrej; Uchman, Alfred (December 2021). "New Ediacaran fossils from the Ukraine, some with a putative tunicate relationship". PalZ. 95 (4): 623–639. Bibcode:2021PalZ...95..623M. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00596-1. eISSN 1867-6812. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 244957825.
- ^ a b Ausiidae in the Paleobiology Database