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Spriggina

Spriggina is a genus of early animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear. Fossils of Spriggina are known from the late Ediacaran period in what is now South Australia. Spriggina floundersi is the official fossil emblem of South Australia; it has been found nowhere else.

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Palaeobiology and palaeoecology

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Spriggina

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples50
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Spriggina

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related to Classification · 11
Spriggina → Amphinomidae, Ediacara, Ediacaran, However, It, Like, Mark McMenamin, Parvancorina, This, Tomopteris, While
related to Discovery and naming · 11
Spriggina → Ben Flounders, Ediacara Hills, Ediacaran, Flinders Ranges, Fossils, Marywadea, Reg Sprigg, South Australia, South Australian, The, Vindhyan
related to South Australia’s fossil emblem · 8
Spriggina → Ediacaran, February, In, More, South Australia, South Australians, South Australia’s, The
related to Affinity · 7
Spriggina → At, Cambrian, Dickinsonia, Furthermore, In, Nereis, Seilacher
related to Palaeobiology and palaeoecology · 4
Spriggina → It, Many, The, This
related to External links · 3
Spriggina → Ediacaran Fossils, Google Image Search, SprigginaEdiacara Foundation
related to Description · 2
Spriggina → Subsequent, The
is a · 1
Spriggina → genus of early animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear

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south fossil segments genus may floundersi arthropod fossils emblem ediacaran trilobites known australia classification species thought relationship organism head now

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Sprigginais agenus of early animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear0.90text
Nereisinstance ofSpriggina was thought to resemble a polychaete worm0.80text
but a close look at the segmentation reveals that the segments do not match across the midlineinstance ofSpriggina was thought to resemble a polychaete worm0.80text
just as in Dickinsoniainstance ofSpriggina was thought to resemble a polychaete worm0.80text
Sprigginarelated to AffinityAt0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinityNereis0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinityDickinsonia0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinityIn0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinitySeilacher0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinityCambrian0.60section
Sprigginarelated to AffinityFurthermore0.60section
Sprigginarelated to ClassificationLike0.60section

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