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Fossils of Spriggina are known from the Ediacaran period, around . The segmented organism reached about 3 cm in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom is covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a head, which may have borne eyes and antennae. Spriggina's affinity is currently unknown; whilst once considered an annelid worm, or even a rangeomorph-like frond, it is now considered to be an arthropod, perhaps related to the trilobites.

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  • Spriggina
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  • Fossils of Spriggina are known from the Ediacaran period, around . The segmented organism reached about 3 cm in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom is covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a head, which may have borne eyes and antennae. Spriggina's affinity is currently unknown; whilst once considered an annelid worm, or even a rangeomorph-like frond, it is now considered to be an arthropod, perhaps related to the trilobites.
  • Fossils of Spriggina are known from the Ediacaran period, around 550 million years ago. The segmented organism reached about 3 cm in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom is covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a head, which may have borne eyes and antennae.
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  • Spriggina
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  • Fossil of S. floundensi. Scale in millimetres.
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  • S. floundensi
Genus
  • Spriggina
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  • #
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  • Sketch reconstruction
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  • ?Bilateria
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  • Spriggina_Sketch.gif
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  • Glaessner, 1958
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  • Spriggina floundensi
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
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  • ?Arthropoda
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  • ?Animalia
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  • Fossils of Spriggina are known from the Ediacaran period, around 550 million years ago. The segmented organism reached about 3 cm in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom is covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a head, which may have borne eyes and antennae. Spriggina's affinity is currently unknown; it has been classified as an annelid worm, a rangeomorph-like frond, and an arthropod, perhaps related to the trilobites. Lack of known segmented legs or limbs tends to make an arthropod classification premature.
  • Fossils of Spriggina are known from the Ediacaran period, around . The segmented organism reached about 3 cm in length and may have been predatory. Its bottom is covered with two rows of tough interlocking plates, while one row covered its top; its front few segments fused to form a head, which may have borne eyes and antennae. Spriggina's affinity is currently unknown; whilst once considered an annelid worm, or even a rangeomorph-like frond, it is now considered to be an arthropod, perhaps related to the trilobites.
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