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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Nemiana
Species: Nemiana simplex
Author Citation Palij, 1976
Eon: Proterozoic
Era: Neoproterozoic
Period: Ediacaran
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Bernashivka Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Width: 7.5 cm
Khmelnytskyi oblast, Karachiivtsi
Vinkivtsi raion
Ukraine
Quotation Wikipedia: "Nemiana simplex has given taxonomists great trouble due to its simple nature. When the species was first discovered it was placed in incertae sedis, however since then, a combination of well-preserved specimens and new techniques that have allowed scientists to examine the creature's body structure, have given the creature anatomical links to jellyfish and was subsequently placed in with the other extinct coelenterates."
Nemania simplex is one of the most commonly found Ediacaran organisms.
Refewrences:
Palij, V. M., 1976. Remains of soft-bodied and trace fossils from deposits of Upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian (in Russian). Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Upper Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic of the South-West of Eastern-European Platform. Naukova dumka, Kiev: 63-76.
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