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This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 227 genera.
| Name | Authors | Year | Taxonomy | Validity | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinovendia[1] | Sokolov | 1984 | reinterpretated as trace fossil Treptichnus lublinensis and Cambrian in age | |||
| Albumares[2][3] | Fedonkin | 1976 | Trilobozoa | |||
| Amorphia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Anabylia[5] | Vodanjuk | 1989 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Andiva[6] | Fedonkin | 2002 | Proarticulata | |||
| Anfesta[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | Trilobozoa | |||
| Annulatubus[8] | Calla A. Carbone et al. | 2015 | ||||
| Annulusichnus[9] | Zhang | 1986 | junior synonym of Gaojiashania, tubular fossil | |||
| Arborea[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Was considered a junior synonym of Charniodiscus, now thought to be a colonial Eumetazoan unrelated to Rangeomorphs[11] | |||
| Archaeaspinus[12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | |||
| Archaeichnium[13] | Glaessner | 1963 | tubular conical fossil | |||
| Archangelia[3][14] | Fedonkin | 1979 | Bilaterally symmetric organism with ovoid shape, and midline axial zone. Junior synonym of Onegia nenoxa (according to Grazhdankin, Ph.D. ms.).[15][16] | |||
| Arkarua[17] | Gehling | 1987 | ||||
| Armillifera[3][18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | Proarticulata | |||
| Arumberia[19] | Glaessner et Walter | 1975 | ||||
| Askinica[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Aspidella[21][22] | Billings | 1872 | biradial discoid fossil | |||
| Astra[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Atakia[23] | Palij | 1979 | ||||
| Attenborites[24] | Droser et al. | 2018 | ||||
| Auroralumina[25] | Dunn et al. | 2022 | ||||
| Ausia[26] | Hahn et Pflug | 1985 | ||||
| Avalofractus[27] | Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler | 2009 | ||||
| Aviculaichnus[28] | Grytsenko | 2009 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | |||
| Baikalina[29][30] | Sokolov | 1972 | junior synonym of Ernietta | |||
| Barmia[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Beltanella[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Beltanelliformis[32] | Menner | 1974 | cyanobacterial colony | discoid fossil | ||
| Beltanelloides[29][30] | Sokolov | 1972 | nomen nudum, synonym of Beltanelliformis | |||
| Beothukis[33] | Brasier et Antcliffe | 2009 | ||||
| Bernashevia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Bessarabia[34] | Gureev | 1988 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Bilinichnus[14] | Fedonkin et Palij | 1979 | Trace fossil | trace fossil or pseudofossil | ||
| Blackbrookia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | |||
| Bomakellia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | possible junior synonym of Rangea | |||
| Bonata[18][37] | Fedonkin | 1980 | ||||
| Brachina[38] | Wade | 1972 | ||||
| Bradgatia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | ||||
| Bronicella[39] | Zaika-Novatsky | 1965 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Buchholzbrunnichnus[40] | Germs | 1973 | ||||
| Bunyerichnus[41] | Glaessner | 1969 | pseudofossil[42] | |||
| Burykhia[43] | Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler et Hall | 2012 | ||||
| Calyptrina[44] | Sokolov | 1965 | tubular fossil | |||
| Catellichnus[45] | Bekker | 1989 | palaeopascichnid | |||
| Catenasphaerophyton[46] | Yan et al. | 1992 | palaeopascichnid | |||
| Charnia[47] | Ford | 1958 | ||||
| Charniodiscus[47] | Ford | 1958 | ||||
| Chondroplon[48] | Wade | 1971 | probably a junior synonym of Dickinsonia | |||
| Cloudina[49] | Germs | 1972 | tubular fossil | |||
| Cocardia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Conomedusites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | ||||
| Conotubus[9][50] | Zhang et Lin | 1986 | tubular fossil | |||
| Coronacollina[51] | Clites, Droser et Gehling | 2012 | Sponge (?) | |||
| Corumbella[52] | Hahn, Hahn, Leonardos, Pflug et Walde | 1982 | tubular fossil | |||
| Costatubus[53] | Selly et al. | 2020 | tubular fossil | |||
| Cyanorus[54] | Ivantsov | 2004 | ||||
| Cyclomedusa[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Dactyloichnus[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Dickinsonia[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | ||||
| Ediacaria[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Elainabella[55] | Stephen M. Rowland and Margarita G. Rodriguez | 2014 | Protoctista | multicellular alga | ||
| Elasenia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | ||||
| Eoandromeda[57] | Tang, Yin, Bengtson, Liu, Wang et Gao | 2008 | Ctenophora | |||
| Eocyathispongia[58] | Zongjun Yin et al. | 2015 | Porifera | small 3 chambered sponge | ||
| Eoporpita[38] | Wade | 1972 | ||||
| Epibaion[59] | Ivantsov | 2002 | Trace fossil | grazing traces of Proarticulata | ||
| Ernietta[60][61] | Pflug | 1966 | ||||
| Evmiaksia[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Fedomia[62] | Serezhnikova et Ivantsov | 2007 | Sponge (?) | |||
| Flavostratum[63] | Serezhnikova | 2013 | ||||
| Fractofusus[64][65] | Gehling et Narbonne | 2007 | ||||
| Frondophyllas | Bamforth et Narbonne | 2009 | ||||
| Funisia[66] | Droser et Gehling | 2008 | tubular fossil | |||
| Finkoella[67] | Andrej Martyshyn | 2021 | F. ucrainica is a Pseudofossil, however F. oblonga is of microbial origin | |||
| Ganarake[68] | Retallack | 2022 | Lichen? | First interpreted as tubestones, now thought to be earliest preserved remains of a Lichen | ||
| Gaojiashania[9][69] | Yang, Zhang et Lin | 1986 | tubular fossil | |||
| Garania[20] | Bekker | 1996 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Gehlingia[70] | McMenamin | 1998 | ||||
| Gibbavasis[71] | Vaziri, Majidifard et Laflamme | 2018 | Small, oval-shaped form similar to Ausia fenestrata | |||
| Gigarimaneta[72] | Taylor et al. | 2021 | ||||
| Glaessnerina[73] | Germs | 1973 | junior synonym of Charnia | |||
| Gureevella | Menasova | 2006 | ||||
| Hadrynichorde | Hofmann, O'Brien, et King | 2008 | ||||
| Hagenetta[74] | Hahn et Pflug | 1988 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | |||
| Hallidaya | Wade | 1969 | ||||
| Haootia | Liu et al. | 2014 | Cnidaria | |||
| Harlaniella[29][30][75] | Sokolov | 1972 | Vendotaenid | tubular fossil | ||
| Hapsidophyllas | Bamforth et Narbonne | 2009 | ||||
| Hiemalora[76] | Fedonkin | 1982 | ||||
| Horodyskia[77] | Yochelson & Fedonkin | 2000 | ||||
| Hylaecullulus[78] | Kenchington, Dunn & Wilby | 2018 | Multifoliate Petalonamid similar to Primocandelabrum and Bradgatia. | |||
| Ichnusa | Debrenne et Naud | 1981 | Cnidarian | |||
| Ikaria | Evans et al. | 2020 | stem-bilateran | |||
| Inaria | Gehling | 1987 | ||||
| Inkrylovia | Fedonkin | 1979 | junior synonym of Onegia | |||
| Intrites[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | palaeopascichnid | |||
| Irridinitus[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Ivesheadia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | |||
| Ivovicia[12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | |||
| Jampolium[34] | Gureev | 1988 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Kaisalia[7] | Fedonkin | 1984 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Karakhtia[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Proarticulata | |||
| Keretsa[80] | Ivantsov | 2017 | ||||
| Khatyspytia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | ||||
| Kimberella[10][38][81][82] | Glaessner & Wade | 1966 | ||||
| Kimberichnus[83] | Ivantsov | 2013 | Trace fossil | grazing traces of Kimberella | ||
| Komarovia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Not to be confused with Komarovia, extant genus of flowering plant. | |||
| Kuibisia[26] | Hahn et Pflug | 1985 | ||||
| Kuckaraukia[84] | Razumovskiy, Ivantsov, Novikov et Korochantsev | 2015 | ||||
| Lamonte [85] | Meyer, Xiao, Gill, Schiffbauer, Chen, Zhou et Yuan | 2014 | Trace fossil | |||
| Lomoziella[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Lomosovis[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | ||||
| Lorenzinites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | junior synonym of Rugoconites | |||
| Lossinia [12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | |||
| Madigania[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | not Madigania (Whitley, 1945), replaced by the Spriggia | |||
| Margaritiflabellum | Ivantsov | 2014 | ||||
| Marywadea[87] | Glaessner | 1976 | Proarticulata | |||
| Mawsonites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | ||||
| Medusina[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | not Medusina (Walcott, 1898), replaced by the Medusinites | |||
| Medusinites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Medvezichnus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Trace fossil | unique specimen of doubtful nature | ||
| Mezenia[88][89] | Sokolov | 1976 | ||||
| Mialsemia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | junior synonym of Bomakellia (or Rangea) | |||
| Nadalina | Narbonne et Hofmann | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Namacalathus[90] | Grotzinger, Watters, et Knoll | 2000 | ||||
| Namalia | Germs | 1968 | ||||
| Namamedusium | Zessin | 2008 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | |||
| Namapoikia | Wood, Grotzinger et Dickson | 2002 | ||||
| Nasepia[73] | Germs | 1973 | ||||
| Nemiana | Palij | 1976 | junior synonym of Beltanelliformis | |||
| Nenoxites | Fedonkin | 1976 | ||||
| Nilpenia[91] | Droser et al. | 2014 | ||||
| Nimbia[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | ||||
| Noffkarkys[92] | Retallack and Broz | 2020 | ||||
| Obamus | Dzaugis, Evans, Droser, Gehling et Hughes | 2018 | ||||
| Olgerdina[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Onega[2] | Fedonkin | 1976 | Proarticulata | |||
| Onegia[88] | Sokolov | 1976 | ||||
| Orbisiana[88] | Sokolov | 1976 | palaeopascichnid | |||
| Orthogonium[93][94][95] | Gürich | 1930 | ||||
| Ovatoscutum[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Proarticulata | |||
| Palaeopascichnus[96] | Palij | 1976 | palaeopascichnid | |||
| Palaeophragmodictya[97] | Gehling et Rigby | 1996 | ||||
| Palaeospinther[98] | Menasova | 2003 | ||||
| Palaeoplatoda[99] | Fedonkin | 1979 | ||||
| Paliella[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Pambikalbae | Jenkins et Nedin | 2007 | ||||
| Papillionata[31] | Sprigg | 1947 | Proarticulata | junior synonym of Dickinsonia | ||
| Paracharnia | Sun | 1986 | ||||
| Paramedusium[93][94][95] | Gürich | 1933 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Paravendia[54] | Ivantsov | 2004 | Proarticulata | |||
| Parvancorina[100] | Glaessner | 1958 | ||||
| Parviscopa | Hofmann, O'Brien et King | 2008 | ||||
| Pectinifrons[101] | Bamforth, Narbonne et Anderson | 2008 | ||||
| Persimedusites | Hahn et Pflug | 1980 | ||||
| Petalostoma | Pflug | 1973 | rejected as valid taxon | |||
| Phyllozoon | Jenkins et Gehlig | 1978 | Proarticulata | |||
| Planomedusites[30] | Sokolov | 1972 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Platypholinia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | ||||
| Plexus[102] | Joel, Droser & Gehling | 2014 | Bilateria | Although more studies are needed, it has been identified as bilaterian. | ||
| Podolimirus[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Proarticulata | |||
| Podoliina | Gureev | 1988 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | |||
| Pollukia | Gureev | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Pomoria | Fedonkin | 1980 | junior synonym of Tribrachidium | |||
| Praecambridium[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | Proarticulata | |||
| Primocandelabrum | Hofmann, O'Brien et King | 2008 | ||||
| Propalaeolina | Menasova | 2006 | tubular fossil | |||
| Protechiurus[103] | Glaessner | 1979 | ||||
| Protodipleurosoma[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Protoniobea[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Pseudohiemaloraichnus | Grytsenko | 2009 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | |||
| Pseudorhizostomites[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | problematic biogenic structure | |||
| Pseudorhopilema[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | junior synonym of Pseudorhizostomites | |||
| Pseudovendia[104] | Boynton et Ford | 1979 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structures | |||
| Pteridinium[93] | Gürich | 1933 | ||||
| Ramellina[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | ||||
| Rangea[93][94][95] | Gürich | 1929 | ||||
| Redkinia | Sokolov | 1977 | ||||
| Rugoconites[10] | Glaessner et Wade | 1966 | ||||
| Saarina | Sokolov | 1965 | tubular fossil | |||
| Seirisphaera | Chen, Xiao et Yuan | 1996 | palaeopascichnid | Junior synonym of Orbisiana | ||
| Sekwia | Hofmann | 1981 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Sekwitubulus[8] | Calla A. Carbone et al. | 2015 | tubular fossil | |||
| Serebrina | Istchenko | 1983 | ||||
| Shaanxilithes | Xing, Yue et Zhang | 1984 | junior synonym of Nenoxites | |||
| Shepshedia[35] | Boynton et Ford | 1995 | rejected as valid taxon, "ivesheadiomorph"-type fossil structure | |||
| Sinotubulites | Chen, Chen et Qian | 1981 | tubular fossil | |||
| Skinnera | Wade | 1969 | Trilobozoa | |||
| Skolithos declinatus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | Trace fossil | |||
| Solza[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | ||||
| Somatohelix[105] | Sappenfield, Droser et Gehling | 2011 | tubular fossil | |||
| Spriggia[106] | Southcott | 1958 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Spriggina[100] | Glaessner | 1958 | Proarticulata | |||
| Staurinidia[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | ||||
| Stellaria[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | Not to be confused with Stellaria, extant genus of flowering plant. | |||
| Streptichnus[107] | Jensen et Runnegar | 2005 | Vendotaenid[108] or Trace fossil | |||
| Studenicia[109] | Gureev | 1983 | putative Monocraterion trace fossil | |||
| Suzmites | Fedonkin | 1981 | junior synonym of Onegia[citation needed] | |||
| Swartpuntia[110] | Narbonne, Saylor et Grotzinger | 1997 | ||||
| Tamga [12] | Ivantsov | 2007 | Proarticulata | |||
| Tateana[86] | Sprigg | 1949 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Temnoxa molluscula[79] | Ivantsov | 2004 | ||||
| Thectardis[111] | Clapham, Narbonne, Gehling, Greentree et Anderson | 2004 | Sponge (?) | |||
| Tirasiana[3] | Palij | 1976 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Trepassia[27] | Narbonne, Laflamme, Greentree et Trusler | 2009 | ||||
| Tribrachidium[112] | Glaessner | 1959 | Trilobozoa | |||
| Triforillonia[113] | Gehling, Narbonne et Anderson | 2000 | Deformed aspidella | |||
| Vaizitsinia | Sokolov et Fedonkin | 1981 | junior synonym of Rangea | |||
| Valdainia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Proarticulata | |||
| Vaveliksia[56] | Fedonkin | 1983 | Sponge (?) | |||
| Velancorina[60] | Pflug | 1966 | ||||
| Vendella[114] | Gureev | 1987 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters | |||
| Vendia | Keller | 1969 | Proarticulata | |||
| Vendichnus | Fedonkin | 1979 | possible pseudofossil | |||
| Vendoconularia[115] | Ivantsov et Fedonkin | 2002 | Conulata | |||
| Vendoglossa | Seilacher | 2007 | junior synonym of Protechiurus[116] | |||
| Vendomia[2] | Keller | 1976 | Proarticulata | junior synonym of Dickinsonia | ||
| Vendomyces[117] | M. B. Burzin | 1993 | Chytridiomycetes | |||
| Vendotaenia | Gnilovskaya | 1971 | Vendotaenid | tubular fossil | ||
| Ventogyrus | Ivantsov et Grazhdankin | 1997 | ||||
| Veprina[18] | Fedonkin | 1980 | ||||
| Vernanimalcula | Chen J. Y | 2004 | ||||
| Vimenites | Fedonkin | 1980 | ||||
| Vinlandia[118] | Brasier, Antcliffe et Liu | 2012 | ||||
| Virgatia[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Vladimissa[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | ||||
| Wigwamiella | Runnegar | 1991 | discoid fossil with no clear diagnostic characters. Regarded as a taphomorph of Aspidella or junior synonym for Pseudorhizostomites[119] | |||
| Windermeria[120] | Narbonne | 1994 | ||||
| Wutubus[121] | Chen, Zhou, Xiao, Wang, Guan, Hong et Yuan | 2014 | tubular fossil | |||
| Yangtziramulus[122] | Shen, Xiao, Zhou et Yuan | 2009 | ||||
| Yarnemia[123] | Nesov in Chistyakov et al. | 1984 | ||||
| Yelovichnus[36] | Fedonkin | 1985 | palaeopascichnid | junior synonym of Palaeopascichnus | ||
| Yorgia[124] | Ivantsov | 1999 | Proarticulata | |||
| Yuria[4] | Grytsenko | 2016 | ||||
| Zirabagtaria[125] | Mcmenamin | 2018 | "solzid kimberellomorph" | |||
| Zolotytsia[3] | Fedonkin | 1981 |
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