Grypania spiralis

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Grypania spiralis from the black shales of the upper Doushantuo Formation (ca 593 to 551 Ma) in Northeastern Guizhou, South China.

This is a beautiful 1 cm in diameter, coiled specimen. The photos show distinct patterning and structure of the coil.

Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga. The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.

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SKU Number: SQ4372803

Grypania spiralis from the black shales of the upper Doushantuo Formation (ca 593 to 551 Ma) in Northeastern Guizhou, South China.

This is a beautiful 1 cm in diameter, coiled specimen. The photos show distinct patterning and structure of the coil.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Specimen Details
Species Name:Grypania spiralisDomain:Incertae sedisAge:EdiacaranLocality:ChinaFormation:Doushantuo biota

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Grypania is an early, tube-shaped fossil from the Proterozoic eon. The organism, with a size over one centimeter and consistent form, could have been a giant bacterium, a bacterial colony, or a eukaryotic alga.[2] The oldest probable Grypania fossils date to about 2100 million years ago (redated from the previous 1870 million and the youngest extended into the Ediacaran period. This implies that the time range of this taxon extended for 1200 million years.

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