Pectinifrons

Pectinifrons Temporal range: 635–541 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Ediacaran
Life restoration of Pectinifrons abyssalis. Note the comb shape of its body.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Petalonamae
Class:	†Rangeomorpha
Genus:	†Pectinifrons Bamforth, 2008
Species:	†P. abyssalis Bamforth, 2008
Binomial name
†Pectinifrons abyssalis Bamforth, 2008

Pectinifrons was a rangeomorph, a member of the Ediacara biota found at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland.[1]

It was a multi-branched organism with a comb-like appearance.[1] It grew by adding fronds, then inflating them.[1]

See also

• List of Ediacaran genera

References

1. Bamforth, Emily L.; Narbonne, Guy M.; Anderson, Michael M. (2008), "Growth and Ecology of a Multi-branched Ediacaran Rangeomorph from the Mistaken Point Assemblage, Newfoundland", Journal of Paleontology, 82 (4): 763–777, doi:10.1666/07-112.1, S2CID 128922154