<I>Shaanxilithes</I> (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

<I>Shaanxilithes</I>

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Shaanxilithes are odd, annulated and ribbon-like fossils that start showing up near the end of the Edicaran period. In this fossil they are wrapped around Aspidelia holdfasts.

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Simon Darroch, Vanderbilt University

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