IRMNG name details
original description
Tang, Q.; Hu, J.; Xie, G.; Yuan, X.; Wan, B.; Zhou, C.; Dong, X.; Cao, G.; Lieberman, B. S.; Leys, S. P.; Xiao, S. (2019). A problematic animal fossil from the early Cambrian Hetang Formation, South China. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 93(06): 1047-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.26 note: as possible metazoan fragments [details]
source of synonymy
Slater, B. J.; Budd, G. E. (2019). Comment on: Tang et al. [2019]: A problematic animal fossil from the early Cambrian Hetang Formation, South China. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 93(06): 1276-1278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.54 note: re-identified as acritarch, refer note [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Originally described as a problematic metazoan fossil (possibly "carapaces of bivalved arthropods or more likely sponges in early life stages"), however re-identified as an acritarch (and junior synonym of Leiosphaeridia) by Slater & Budd, 2019. [details]
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