| Pectinifrons Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Life restoration of Pectinifrons abyssalis. Note the comb shape of its body. | |
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| Genus: | †Pectinifrons Bamforth, 2008
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| Species: | †P. abyssalis Bamforth, 2008
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| †Pectinifrons abyssalis Bamforth, 2008
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Pectinifrons was a rangeomorph, a member of the Ediacara biota found at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland.[1]
It was a multi-branched organism with a comb-like appearance.[1] It grew by adding fronds, then inflating them.[1]