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Redkinia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
incertae sedis

Similar
  
Phyllozoon, Swartpuntia, Nimbia occlusa, Albumares, Pteridinium

Redkinia is a genus of rod-like Ediacaran fossil fringed with large and small projections that has been putatively compared with the arthropod mandible and the mouthparts of Wiwaxia and Odontogriphus If a jaw, it would have been used for filter-feeding rather than crushing.

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Redkinia Wikipedia