Arboreomorph

Arboreomorph; Temporal range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Arborea arborea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Petalonamae
Class:	†Arboreomorpha; Erwin et al., 2011
Genera
	† Arborea; † Charniodiscus; † Khatyspytia; † Vaizitsinia;

The arboreomorphs (Arboreomorpha) are ediacaran beings of the frondomorph type that had a disk or bulb-shaped anchor on the ocean floor, a central stem and branching. The "branches" were smooth, tubular structures, often swollen with bifurcation and connected together to form a leaf-like structure.^[1]

Thaumaptilon is considered as one of the few cases that reached the Cambrian,^[2] though its placement is controversial.^[3] Some authors classify this group within Rangeomorpha and others together with Erniettomorpha in a larger group called Frondomorpha.

References

^ Marc Laflamme & Guy M. Narbonne (2008): Competition in a Precambrian world: palaeoecology of Ediacaran fronds. Geology Today Vol. 24, No. 5: 182-187.
^ Dimitry Grazhdankin (2014): Patterns of Evolution of the Ediacaran soft-bodied Biota. Journal of Paleontology 88(2): 269–283. doi:10.1666/13-072
^ Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer F (2022-03-28). "Ediacaran survivors in the Cambrian: suspicions, denials and a smoking gun". Geological Magazine. 159 (7): 1210–1219. doi:10.1017/s0016756821001333. ISSN 0016-7568.

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[1] Marc Laflamme & Guy M. Narbonne (2008): Competition in a Precambrian world: palaeoecology of Ediacaran fronds. Geology Today Vol. 24, No. 5: 182-187.

[2] Dimitry Grazhdankin (2014): Patterns of Evolution of the Ediacaran soft-bodied Biota. Journal of Paleontology 88(2): 269–283. doi:10.1666/13-072

[3] Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer F (2022-03-28). "Ediacaran survivors in the Cambrian: suspicions, denials and a smoking gun". Geological Magazine. 159 (7): 1210–1219. doi:10.1017/s0016756821001333. ISSN 0016-7568.

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