Palaeopascichnus

Not to be confused with Palaeopascichnid.

Palaeopascichnus is an Ediacaran fossil comprising a series of lobes, first originating before the Gaskiers glaciation;^[1] it is plausibly a protozoan, but probably unrelated to the classical 'Ediacaran biota'.^[2] Once thought to represent a trace fossil, it is now recognized as a body fossil^[3] and corresponds to the skeleton of an agglutinating organism.^[4]

Palaeopascichnus Temporal range: Ediacaran, 580–542 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	†Palaeopascichnus Palij, 1976
Species
P. delicatus Palij, 1976 (type) P. linearis Fedonkin, 1976 P. gracilis Fedonkin, 1985
Synonyms
Inrites Fedonkin, 1980 Yelovichnus Fedonkin, 1985 Catellichnus Becker, 1989 Iterichnus Becker, 2013 Pseudobergaueria Becker, 2013

See also

• List of Ediacaran genera

• Palaeopascichnid