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Only Took A Month... First Ediacaran Fossil


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This is one of my most exciting pieces that I now own. I love learning about the origins of life so I was delighted to have finally procured my first Ediacaran fossil, Nemiana simplex. I got a surprisingly good deal on it, but it took about a month to get (ordered it 1/1). But it's finally here and well worth the wait!

Comes from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, but I'm assuming the exact locality wasn't provided since Precambrian fossils are so hard to come by. The plate is around 3"x4".

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I just checked for the current status and sure enough, Beltanelliformis brunsae is now regarded as the senior synonym of Nemiana simplex. Anyway, I thought you would be interested to update the old taxonomy and read this excellent new paper. Congrats on acquiring a great example!
 
Ivantsov, A.Y., Gritsenko, V.P., Konstantinenko, L.I., & Zakrevskaya, M.A. (2014)
Revision of the Problematic Vendian Macrofossil Beltanelliformis (= Beltanelloides, Nemiana).
Paleontological Journal, 48(13):1423-1448
 
 
 

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I just checked for the current status and sure enough, Beltanelliformis brunsae is now regarded as the senior synonym of Nemiana simplex. Anyway, I thought you would be interested to update the old taxonomy and read this excellent new paper. Congrats on acquiring a great example!
Ivantsov, A.Y., Gritsenko, V.P., Konstantinenko, L.I., & Zakrevskaya, M.A. (2014)
Revision of the Problematic Vendian Macrofossil Beltanelliformis (= Beltanelloides, Nemiana).
Paleontological Journal, 48(13):1423-1448

Interesting paper. I just finished skimming it. Really just shows how little we know about the enigmatic creatures of the Ediacaran. Thanks again for the info piranha.

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Congratulations on your acquisition; enigmas rock!

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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