Trepassia

Trepassia
Temporal range: Late Ediacaran
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A large specimen of Trepassia wardae from the Drooks Formation in Newfoundland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: †Petalonamae
Clade: †Rangeomorpha
Genus: †Trepassia
Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree & Trusler, 2009
Species:
†T. wardae
Binomial name
†Trepassia wardae
(Narbonne and Gehling, 2003)
Synonyms

Charnia wardi Narbonne and Gehling, 2003

Trepassia is a 579-million-year-old fossil of Ediacaran rangeomorph. It was first discovered by Guy M. Narbonne, a professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada and colleagues in 2009. Three years later, Martin D. Brasier added additional description to Trepassia. The generic name is taken from the French word, trépassés, which translates to "those that have departed forever" (or "corpses") and honors the Trepassey community in Newfoundland. It was originally described as Charnia wardi.

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