412 / Precambrian
Vendotaenia
Vendotaenia antiqua
Long carbonaceous ribbons resemble soft algae but lack diagnostic organs.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 560–550 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Ediacaran
- Geographic range
- Shallow microbial mats · Eastern Europe
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Vendotaenia?
Vendotaenia (Vendotaenia antiqua) was an extinct organism known from About 560–550 million years ago, with a range in Shallow microbial mats · Eastern Europe.
Life and ecology
They may have photosynthesized on or above the seafloor, although another affinity is possible.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Vendotaenia disappear?
End-Ediacaran ecological and sedimentary turnover is possible context; why this form disappeared is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Vendotaenia?
Carbon films preserve stable width and branching but little cellular detail.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS