Somatohelix is a genus of curvilinear, spiralling tubular fossil, 2–7 mm wide and 3–14 cm long, from the Ediacaran deposites of the South Australia that was originally interpreted as a trace fossil; a larger amount of better-preserved material since facilitated its reconstruction as the remains of an organism of uncertain nature.[1] Modern analogues of organisms with a helical constructional morphology are found not only in disparate Kingdoms, but also in multiple domains.[1]
| Somatohelix Temporal range: Ediacaran, around
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Somatohelix Sappenfield et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †S. sinuosus
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| †Somatohelix sinuosus Sappenfield et al., 2011
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See also
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edit- ^ a b Sappenfield, A.; Droser, M. L.; Gehling, J. G. (2011). "Problematica, Trace Fossils, and Tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): Redefining the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record One Tube at a Time". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 256–265. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..256S. doi:10.1666/10-068.1. S2CID 129326221.
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