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21 October 2024 Problematic tubular fossils from the Portfjeld Formation (Ediacaran) of North Greenland
Sebastian Willman, John S. Peel
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Abstract

Two rare, phosphatized, tubular microfossils of uncertain affinity, probably algal, are described from the Portfjeld biota (Ediacaran) of North Greenland. Portfjeldia aestatis n. gen. n. sp. preserves two tubules, one of which branches, within an annulated outer sheath. Its morphology can be compared to that of the much larger Ramitubus from the Weng'an biota of South China. An unnamed long, parallel-sided tubule occupied the postmortal cavity formed within diagenetically mineralized specimens of the cyanobacterium Jiangispirellus.

Sebastian Willman and John S. Peel "Problematic tubular fossils from the Portfjeld Formation (Ediacaran) of North Greenland," Journal of Paleontology 98(2), 221-231, (21 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.43
Accepted: 3 May 2022; Published: 21 October 2024
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