Beltanelliformis is a genus of discoid fossil from the
Ediacaran period containing the two species B. brunsae and B. minutae, sometimes ascribed to the
Ediacaran Biota. The chemical signature obtained from organically preserved specimens points to a
cyanobacterial affinity (cf. Nostoc).[2] Depending on its preservation, it is sometimes referred to as Nemiana or Beltanelloides.[2][3]
References
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abBobrovskiy, Ilya; Hope, Janet M.; Krasnova, Anna; Ivantsov, Andrey; Brocks, Jochen J. (22 January 2018). "Molecular fossils from organically preserved Ediacara biota reveal cyanobacterial origin for Beltanelliformis". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2 (3): 437–440.
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