Spriggina
Sign in to savethumb|227x227px|Large landscape model of Spriggina floundersi, located in Arkaroola|Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Spriggina is a genus of early animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear. Fossils of Spriggina are known from the late Ediacaran period in what is now South Australia. Spriggina floundersi is the official fossil emblem of South Australia; it has been found nowhere else.
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thumb|227x227px|Large landscape model of Spriggina floundersi, located in Arkaroola|Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Spriggina is a genus of early animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear. Fossils of Spriggina are known from the late Ediacaran period in what is now South Australia. Spriggina floundersi is the official fossil emblem of South Australia; it has been found nowhere else.
The organism reached in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom was covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a "head."