Erytholus
| Erytholus Temporal range: | |
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| Crack-out specimen of Erytholus globosus from the Middle Cambrian, Moodlatana Formation, of the Flinders ranges, South Australia | |
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| Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Erytholus Retallack 2011 |
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Erytholus is a form genus for problematic fossils of Cambrian age in South Australia. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity with the Ediacaran fossil Ventogyrus, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont. It could be a slime mold.
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