Grypania spiralis
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ4372803
Grypania spiralis from the black shales of the upper Doushantuo Formation (ca 593 to 551 Ma) in Northeastern Guizhou, South China.
This is a beautiful 1 cm in diameter, coiled specimen. The photos show distinct patterning and structure of the coil.
Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga. The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ4372803
Grypania spiralis from the black shales of the upper Doushantuo Formation (ca 593 to 551 Ma) in Northeastern Guizhou, South China.
This is a beautiful 1 cm in diameter, coiled specimen. The photos show distinct patterning and structure of the coil.
Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga. The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ4372803
Grypania spiralis from the black shales of the upper Doushantuo Formation (ca 593 to 551 Ma) in Northeastern Guizhou, South China.
This is a beautiful 1 cm in diameter, coiled specimen. The photos show distinct patterning and structure of the coil.
Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga. The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Additional Information
Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium, a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga.[2] The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago (redated from the previous 1870 million and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.
