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Somatohelix

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Somatohelix is a genus of tubular, helically coiled fossil organism of uncertain biological affinity from the late Ediacaran of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, dating to about 555 million years ago. Known from specimens 50 to 150 millimeters long and 3 to 7 millimeters wide, and containing a single species, S. sinuosus, it was first found in 1969 but not formally named until 2011. Better preserved material later confirmed it as a genuine body fossil rather than a trace left by another animal moving through sediment, though what kind of organism made it remains unknown.

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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ7559294, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Somatohelix
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  • Introduction
    It is a monotypic genus, containing only Somatohelix sinuosus.
  • In Group: Ediacaran Problematic Fossils, Lead
    Somatohelix is an extinct organism of uncertain affinities from the late Ediacaran of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.
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Wikidata: Somatohelix
Wikidata Q7559294, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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