Mawsonites Glaessner and Wade 1966

Mawsonites

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628

Parent taxon: Metazoa according to E. Mayoral et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Bilateria, Diploblastica, Homoblastica, Hyolithelminthida, Namalia, Vertebrosa, Westgardia, Beltanelliformis, Yangtziramulus, Muricassis, Ovatoscutum, Lidaconus, Convolutubus, Pentaradialomorpha, Megathrix, Silicea, Pseudovendia, Rangeomorpha, Kuckaraukia, Agmata, Bronicella, Euradiculata, Chondroplon, Eumetazoa, Chenmengella, Funisia, Sentularia, Silicispongea, Triradialomorpha, Deuteronectanebos, Kimberellomorpha, Bilaterialomorpha, Macrocypris kayi, Dictyorhabdus, Somatohelix, Gephyrea, Mesozoa, Tentaculitoidea, Atalotaenia, Xidazoon, Primocandelabrum, Goettingenia, Yelovichnus, Limacites, Ventogyrus, Rhizostomites, Evmiaksia, Porifera, Hiemalora, Oligoopilionus, Paracharnia, Arboreomorpha, Proarticulata, Khasaktidae, Nemiana, Yunnanomedusa, Lomosovis, Hadryniscala, Odontogriphidae, Cnidaria, Lazaichnus, Protolyellia, Scenellopsis, Petalonamae, Siphonoconcha, Subtilicyathus, Hadrynichorde, Armillifera, Persimedusites, Spygoria, Kinzeriidae, Problematica, Parazoa, Bomakellia, Epitheliozoa, Eodiorygma, Erniettomorpha, Kullingia, Trichoplax, Palaeacmaea, Parviscopa, Nectocarididae, Inaria, Tetraradialomorpha

Subtaxa: Mawsonites randellensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Australia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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