Pectinifrons

Pectinifrons
Temporal range: late Ediacaran
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Life restoration of Pectinifrons abyssalis. Note the comb shape of its body.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Clade: †Rangeomorpha
Genus: †Pectinifrons
Bamforth, Narbonne & Anderson, 2008
Species:
†P. abyssalis
Binomial name
†Pectinifrons abyssalis
Bamforth, Narbonne & Anderson, 2008

Pectinifrons is an extinct rangeomorph from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has a notably comb-like appearance, and is a monotypic genus, containing only Pectinifrons abyssalis.

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