Yarnemia
Yarnemia ascidiformis is a fossil tentatively classified as a tunicate. While Y. ascidiformis looks similar to tunicates, the oldest unequivocal tunicate, Shankouclava dates to the Cambrian period, while Y. ascidiformis is Ediacaran in age.
| Yarnemia Temporal range: Ediacaran | |
|---|---|
| reconstruction as a tunicate-like animal | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata (?) |
| Genus: | †Yarnemia Nesov in Chistyakov et al., 1984 |
| Species: | †Y. ascidiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yarnemia ascidiformis Nesov in Chistyakov et al., 1984 | |
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