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Horodyskia Yochelson & Fedonkin, 2000 †

1182383  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1182383)

accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Proc Biol Soc Wash 113 (3), 1 November
page(s): 844 [details]   
Taxonomic remark "String-of-beads fossils" of disputed origin. From Dong et al., 2008: "Horodyskia was interpreted as inorganic sedimentary...  
Taxonomic remark "String-of-beads fossils" of disputed origin. From Dong et al., 2008: "Horodyskia was interpreted as inorganic sedimentary structures (Horodyski 1982, 1983), dubiofossils (Fedonkin & Runnegar 1992), or pseudofossils (Hofmann 1992). Grey & Williams (1990) proposed its probable biological origin with affinity to the Phaeophyceae. Recently, Horodyskia was reinterpreted as a tissue-grade colonial eukaryote (Fedonkin & Yochelson 2002)." Retallack et al., 2013 consider to be fungal (endolichen bladders), while Rule & Pratt, 2019 consider this genus to be a pseudofossil. Dong et al. compare this genus with Palaeopascichnus, "recently reinterpreted as a giant rhizopodan protist similar to modern deep-sea xenophyophores (Seilacher et al. 2003), a group of agglutinated foraminifers (Tendal 1972; Pawlowski et al. 2003b)." [details]
IRMNG (2021). Horodyskia Yochelson & Fedonkin, 2000 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1182383 on 2024-03-28
Date
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by
2009-04-13 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
2019-02-19 06:37:00Z
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2019-12-11 06:46:02Z
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2020-02-21 07:34:02Z
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original description Proc Biol Soc Wash 113 (3), 1 November
page(s): 844 [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

additional source Rule, R. G.; Pratt, B. R. (2019). The pseudofossil Horodyskia: flocs and flakes on microbial mats in a shallow Mesoproterozoic sea (Appekunny Formation, Belt Supergroup, western North America). <em>Precambrian Research.</em> 333: 105439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105439
note: interpreted as pseudofossil [details]   

additional source Retallack, G. J.; Dunn, K. L.; Saxby, J. (2013). Problematic Mesoproterozoic fossil Horodyskia from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. <em>Precambrian Research.</em> 226: 125-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2012.12.005
note: interpreted as fungus (endolichen bladders) [details]   

taxonomy source Dong, L.; Xiao, S.; Shen, B.; Zhou, C. (2008). Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis. <em>Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 165(1): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-074
note: Tentative placement (compared with Palaeopascichnus) [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source Dong, L.; Xiao, S.; Shen, B.; Zhou, C. (2008). Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis. <em>Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 165(1): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-074 [details]   

extant flag source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

habitat flag source Dong, L.; Xiao, S.; Shen, B.; Zhou, C. (2008). Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis. <em>Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 165(1): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-074 [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark "String-of-beads fossils" of disputed origin. From Dong et al., 2008: "Horodyskia was interpreted as inorganic sedimentary structures (Horodyski 1982, 1983), dubiofossils (Fedonkin & Runnegar 1992), or pseudofossils (Hofmann 1992). Grey & Williams (1990) proposed its probable biological origin with affinity to the Phaeophyceae. Recently, Horodyskia was reinterpreted as a tissue-grade colonial eukaryote (Fedonkin & Yochelson 2002)." Retallack et al., 2013 consider to be fungal (endolichen bladders), while Rule & Pratt, 2019 consider this genus to be a pseudofossil. Dong et al. compare this genus with Palaeopascichnus, "recently reinterpreted as a giant rhizopodan protist similar to modern deep-sea xenophyophores (Seilacher et al. 2003), a group of agglutinated foraminifers (Tendal 1972; Pawlowski et al. 2003b)." [details]

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