The fossils show a multi-ridged body embedded in the biofilm of the original environment, with one end of the body tucked into or beneath the other end to form a ring, so that the living organism would have resembled a French cruller doughnut.[2]
Etymologyedit
The generic epithet honors President Obama, partly in reference to his love and patronage of the sciences, and partly because the fossil organisms resemble his ear.[1][3] The specific epithet, coronatus, meaning "equipped with a wreath" (or "crowned"), refers to the torus or ring-shape of the fossils.[1]
^ abcDzaugis, P. W.; Evans, S. D.; Droser, M. L.; Gehling, J. G.; Hughes, I. V. (2020). "Stuck in the mat: Obamus coronatus, a new benthic organism from the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 67 (6): 897–903. Bibcode:2020AuJES..67..897D. doi:10.1080/08120099.2018.1479306.
^Boan, Phillip C.; Evans, Scott D.; Hall, Christine M. S.; Droser, Mary L. (2023-03-13). "Spatial distributions of Tribrachidium, Rugoconites, and Obamus from the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite), South Australia". Paleobiology: 1–20. doi:10.1017/pab.2023.9. ISSN 0094-8373. S2CID 257521294.
obamus, coronatus, torus, shaped, ediacaran, fossil, from, rawnsley, quartzite, south, australia, named, honor, former, american, president, barack, obama, mary, droser, temporal, range, ediacaran, preꞒ, artist, reconstruction, scientific, classification, king. Obamus coronatus is a torus shaped Ediacaran fossil from the Rawnsley Quartzite of South Australia named in honor of former American President Barack Obama by the lab of Mary L Droser 1 ObamusTemporal range Ediacaran 555 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Artist s reconstruction Scientific classification Kingdom incertae sedis Genus ObamusDzaugis et al 2020 Species O coronatus Binomial name Obamus coronatusDzaugis et al 2020 Contents 1 Morphology 2 Etymology 3 See also 4 ReferencesMorphology editThe fossils show a multi ridged body embedded in the biofilm of the original environment with one end of the body tucked into or beneath the other end to form a ring so that the living organism would have resembled a French cruller doughnut 2 Etymology editThe generic epithet honors President Obama partly in reference to his love and patronage of the sciences and partly because the fossil organisms resemble his ear 1 3 The specific epithet coronatus meaning equipped with a wreath or crowned refers to the torus or ring shape of the fossils 1 See also editList of things named after Barack Obama List of organisms named after famous people born 1950 present References edit a b c Dzaugis P W Evans S D Droser M L Gehling J G Hughes I V 2020 Stuck in the mat Obamus coronatus a new benthic organism from the Ediacara Member Rawnsley Quartzite South Australia Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 67 6 897 903 Bibcode 2020AuJES 67 897D doi 10 1080 08120099 2018 1479306 Boan Phillip C Evans Scott D Hall Christine M S Droser Mary L 2023 03 13 Spatial distributions of Tribrachidium Rugoconites and Obamus from the Ediacara Member Rawnsley Quartzite South Australia Paleobiology 1 20 doi 10 1017 pab 2023 9 ISSN 0094 8373 S2CID 257521294 https www livescience com 62877 ancient creature named after obama html nbsp This Ediacaran biota related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Obamus amp oldid 1220950670, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
