Namacalathus
Sign in to saveNamacalathus is a problematic metazoan fossil occurring in the latest Ediacaran. The first, and only described species, N. hermanastes, was first described in 2000 from the Nama Group of central and southern Namibia.
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- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Classification
- Paleoenvironment
- Morphology
- Ecology
- Affinity
- See also
- Notes
- References
Namacalathus is a problematic metazoan fossil occurring in the latest Ediacaran. The first, and only described species, N. hermanastes, was first described in 2000 from the Nama Group of central and southern Namibia.
== Discovery and naming == Fossils of Namacalathus were first discovered in Namibia and were previously described as specimens of Cloudina in 1990, and were named as a new genus in 2000. Fossils of Namacalathus have also since been found in Canada, Oman, Paraguay, and Russia.
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