Zolotytsia is an extinct genus of fossil animals from the late Ediacaran period (Vendian) which contains only one known species, Z. biserialis. Specimens of this species have been found in Russia, Ukraine and India.[1]
| Zolotytsia Temporal range: about
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Genus: | †Zolotytsia Fedonkin, 1981 |
| Species: | †Z. biserialis
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| †Zolotytsia biserialis Fedonkin, 1981
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Description
editSpecimens exhibit two distinctive rows of oval-shaped structures, positioned either side of a mid-line groove, each row being divided by a deep, but narrow groove. The lack of symmetry in the oval bodies has been attributed to possible deformation after death.[1]
Occurrence
editFossils have been found in the Ust' Pinega Formation, located in Northern Russia;[2] the Valdai Group, located in Russia; the Bernashevka Beds; the Yarishyvska Formation, located in Ukraine[3][4] and in the Krol Formation, located in India.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Fedonkin, Mikhail A.; Sciences), Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of; Gehling, James G.; Museum), James G. (Senior Curator Gehling, retired 6 27 2019 South Australian; Grey, Kathleen; Narbonne, Guy M.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; University), Patricia (Director Vickers-Rich, Monash (Mar 16, 2007). The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801886799. Retrieved Mar 16, 2022 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ust' Pinega Formation". ipfs.fleek.co. Retrieved Mar 16, 2022.
- ^ Fedonkin, M. A. (1983). "Non-skeletal fauna of Podolia, Dniester River valley". In Velikanov, V. A.; Asseeva, E. A.; Fedonkin, M. A. (eds.). The Vendian of the Ukraine (in Russian). Kiev: Naukova Dumka. pp. 128–139.
- ^ Soldatenko, Y.; Albani, A. El; Ruzina, M.; Fontaine, C.; Nesterovsky, V.; Paquette, Jean-Louis; Meunier, A.; Ovtcharova, M. (2019). "Precise U-pb age constrains on the ediacaran biota in podolia, east european platform, Ukraine". Scientific Reports. 9: 1675. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38448-9. PMC 6368556.
- ^ Tiwari, Meera; Pant, Charu C. (January 2004). "Neoproterozoic silicified microfossils in Infra Krol Formation, Lesser Himalaya, India". Himalayan Geology. 25 (1): 1–21 – via researchgate.net.