Aspidella terranovica

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: incertae sedis
Genus: †Aspidella
Species: †Aspidella terranovica

Name

Aspidella terranovica Billings, 1872: 478

Holotype: GSC [Geological Survey of Canada] type 221c.

Type locality: Fermeuse Formation of the St. John's Group, from the Avalon Zone of eastern Newfoundland.

Synonyms

Probable junior synonyms after Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson, 2000:

?Paramedusium africanum Gürich, 1933
Beltanella gilesi Sprigg, 1947
Cyclomedusa davidi Sprigg, 1947
Ediacaria flindersi Sprigg, 1947
Cyclomedusa gigantea Sprigg, 1949
Cyclomedusa radiata Sprigg, 1949
Madigania annulata Sprigg, 1949
Protodipleurosoma wardi Sprigg, 1949
Tateana inflata Sprigg, 1949
Cyclomedusa plana Glaessner & Wade, 1966
Medusinites patellaris Sokolov, 1972
Planomedusites patellaris Sokolov, 1972
Tirasiana disciformis Palij, 1976
Tirasiana coniformis Palij, 1976
Tirasiana concentralis Bekker, 1977
Paliella patelliformis Fedonkin, 1980
Protodipleurosoma rugulosum Fedonkin, 1980
Cyclomedusa minima Fedonkin, 1981
Cyclomedusa delicata Fedonkin, 1981
Irridinitus multiradiatus Fedonkin, 1983
Spriggia wadea Sun, 1986
Glaessneria imperfecta Gureev, 1987
Vendella larini Gureev, 1987
Jampolium wyrzhykoowskii Gureev in Ryabenko et al., 1988

Probable junior synonyms after Ivantsov & Zakrevskaya, 2025:

Beltanella gilesi Sprigg, 1947
Cyclomedusa davidi Sprigg, 1947
Ediacaria flindersi Sprigg, 1947
Cyclomedusa gigantea Sprigg, 1949
Cyclomedusa radiata Sprigg, 1949
Madigania annulata Sprigg, 1949
Medusina mawsoni Sprigg, 1949
Medusinites asteroides (Sprigg, 1949)
Protodipleurosoma wardi Sprigg, 1949
Protoniobia wadea Sprigg, 1949
Spriggia annulata (Sprigg, 1949)
Tateana inflata Sprigg, 1949
Charniodiscus concentricus Ford, 1958
Majaella verkhojanica Vologdin & Maslov, 1960
Suvorovella aldanica Vologdin & Maslov, 1960
Cyclomedusa plana Glaessner & Wade, 1966
Cyclomedusa serebrina Palij, 1969
Brachina delicata Wade, 1972
Charniodiscus planus Sokolov, 1972
Tirasiana coniformis Palij, 1976
Tirasiana disciformis Palij, 1976
Tirasiana concentralis Bekker, 1977
Bonata septata Fedonkin, 1980
Nimbia occlusa Fedonkin, 1980
Paliella pateliformis Fedonkin, 1980
Protodipleurosoma rugulosum Fedonkin, 1980
Cyclomedusa delicata Fedonkin, 1981
Cyclomedusa minuta Fedonkin, 1981
Irridinitus multiradiatus Fedonkin, 1983
Nimbia dniesteri Fedonkin, 1983
Evmiaksia aksionovi Fedonkin, 1984
Kaisalia mensae Fedonkin, 1984
Tirasiana cocarda Bekker, 1985
Mawsonites randellensis Sun, 1986
Spriggia wadea Sun, 1986
Glaessneria imperfecta Gureev, 1987
Kaisalia levis Gureev, 1987
Pollukia shulgae Gureev, 1987
Vendella haelenicae Gureev, 1987
Elasenia zhuravlevae Gureev, 1988
Inaria karli Gehling, 1988
Aspidella costata Vodanjuk, 1989
Aspidella hatyspytia Vodanjuk, 1989
Protodipleurosoma paulus Bekker, 1989
Askinica dimerus Bekker, 1996
Barmia lobatus Bekker, 1996
Elasenia uralica Bekker, 1996
Garania petali Bekker, 1996
Jurtia paliji Bekker, 1996
Protodipleurosoma asymmetrica Bekker, 1996
Beltanella velikania Menasova, 2003
Gritcenia nana Menasova, 2003
Gureevella elliptica Menasova, 2003
Cocardia valerii Grytsenko, 2016
Cyclomedusa leonidi Grytsenko, 2016
Olgerdina einori Grytsenko, 2016

References

Primary references

Billings, E. 1872. On some fossils from the Primordial rocks of Newfoundland. Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science (new series) 6: 465–479. BHL.

Additional references

Gehling, J.G., Narbonne, G.M. & Anderson, M.M. 2000. The first named ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella terranovica. Palaeontology 43(3): 427–456. DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00134.x . Reference page.
Ivantsov, A.Yu. & Zakrevskaya, M.A. 2025. The last jellyfish of the Precambrian. Invertebrate Zoology 22(1): 56–67. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.22.1.05 . Reference page.