Spriggina

extinct genus of animals

Taxon fossil_taxon Q132927

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
End time: -550000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Named after: Reginald Claude Sprigg^[3]
Parent taxon: Sprigginidae^[4]
Start time: -560000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Taxon name: Spriggina^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Time period: Ediacaran^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en Spriggina ar سبريجينا fa اسپریجینا fa اسپریگینا he ספריגינה ja スプリッギナ ja Spriggina ja スプリギナ ko 스프리기나 ru Spriggina ru Сприггина uk Spriggina uk Сприггіна zh 斯普里格蠕蟲

🔖 Identifiers · 9

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Spriggina Floundensi 4.png ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/Spriggina
Fossilworks taxon ID: 4723
Freebase ID: /m/09xfq_
GBIF taxon ID: 2318874
IRMNG ID: 1331443
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2779998550
Topic's main category: Category:Spriggina
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 324572

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Named after 1

Reginald Claude Sprigg

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genus

Time period 1

Ediacaran

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Saint-Lucien

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Spriggina floundersi

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Summary

Spriggina is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Spriggina is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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