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...

animals appear in the Ediacaran, represented by forms such as Charnia and Spriggina. It had long been doubted whether these fossils truly represented animals...

prey. It has been proposed that the Ediacaran animals Parvancorina and Spriggina, from around 555 million years ago, were arthropods, but later study shows...

Proarticulata (bilaterians with simple articulation, e.g. Dickinsonia and Spriggina), Petalonamae (sea pen-like animals, e.g. Charnia), Aspidella (radial-shaped...

Praecambridium, Andiva, Archaeaspinus, Ivovicia, Podolimirus, Tamga, Spriggina, Marywadea and Cyanorus). Some cephalozoans from the family Yorgiidae...

Australia displayed either radially symmetric body plans or, one organism, Spriggina, displayed the first bilateral symmetry. The Ediacaran Hills are thought...

species of the genus. Originally M. ovata was grouped under the genus Spriggina, but recent research has moved the species into its own genus. It is most...

Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) Colour(s) Red, blue, and gold Fossil Spriggina floundersi Mineral Bornite, Opal as Gem Website sa.gov.au...

have been slow and sliding; presumably, mobile representatives such as Spriggina grazed on a lawn of microorganisms (epifaunal grazing). This characteristic...

A 580 million year old fossil of Spriggina floundensi, an animal from the Ediacaran period. Such life forms could have been ancestors to the many new...

because of its morphological similarity with the iconic Ediacaran fossil Spriggina, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont. Protonympha is a flat...

Sprigginidae presents 4 genera: †Spriggina (type genus). †Marywadea †Cyanorus †Praecambridium, sometimes included into Yorgiidae. Spriggina floundersi Cyanorus singularis...

as early molluscs (Kimberella), echinoderms (Arkarua), and arthropods (Spriggina, Parvancorina). There is still debate about the classification of these...

† Yorgia waggoneri Ivantsov, 1999 † Spriggina Glaessner, 1958 † Spriggina floundersi Glaessner, 1958 † Spriggina ovata Glaessner and Wade, 1966 now considered...

with a clear anterior and posterior side, which included species like Spriggina, Charniodiscus and Yorgia. Many of the plants fit into a now-extinct phylum...

Fossil Spriggina; one of the many fossils found at the Ediacara Hills...

as early molluscs (Kimberella), echinoderms (Arkarua); and arthropods (Spriggina, Parvancorina, Yilingia). Still, debate exists about the classification...

universally accepted as bilaterians and include the mollusc-like Kimberella, Spriggina (pictured) and the shield-shaped Parvancorina whose affinities are currently...

Proarticulata includes a number of morphologically similar organisms, such Spriggina, Yorgia, Andiva and Cephalonega, which share the same segmented articulation...

Spriggina...

as early molluscs (Kimberella), echinoderms (Arkarua), and arthropods (Spriggina, Parvancorina). There is still debate about the classification of these...

Steel frame, polystyrene foam, fibreglass outer The Big Spriggina floundersi Arkaroola Spriggina floundersi is a flatworm from the Ediacaran period, and...

A Spriggina fossil from the Ediacaran...

as early molluscs (Kimberella), echinoderms (Arkarua), and arthropods (Spriggina, Parvancorina). There is still debate about the classification of these...

in Kootenay National Park. Whilst named after the Ediacaran organism Spriggina, later work has shown the two to be unrelated. Metaspriggina is considered...

- Blue, red and gold     Opal(State Gemstone) Bornite(State Mineral) Spriggina floundersi South Australian tartan Symbols of South Australia Tasmania...

some vague resemblance to other Ediacaran forms such as Dickinsonia and Spriggina that share some of its enigmatic characteristics, such as the "staggered"...

Kimberella, a slug-like animal and Spriggina. These animals are the first to have been mobile and have bilateral symmetry, Spriggina being the first to clearly...

Spriggina floundersi, a worm-like organism...

Fedokin (1992) suggested that P. sigillum should become a synonym of Spriggina, while others have stated that the animal shares more in common with Dickinsonia...