Parviscopa

Parviscopa
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Clade: †Rangeomorpha
Genus: †Parviscopa
Hofmann, O'Brien & King, 2008
Species:
†P. bonavistensis
Binomial name
†Parviscopa bonavistensis
Hofmann, O'Brien & King, 2008

Parviscopa is a genus of frondose forms characterized in 2008 based on specimens from Newfoundland, Canada. Parviscopa is a member of the Ediacaran biota (635-542 Ma), and is more specifically part of the Avalon type assemblage, which is from the older part of the Ediacaran (580–560 Ma) and is characterized by deep water deposits.