| Redkinia Temporal range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Redkinia Sokolov,1977 |
Redkinia is a genus of rod-like Ediacaran fossil fringed with large and small projections which has been putatively compared with the mandibles of an arthropod and the mouthparts of Wiwaxia and Odontogriphus. If it were to have been a jaw, it would have been used for filter-feeding rather than crushing.
References
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- Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa". Nature. 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode:1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0. S2CID 86276440.
- Dzik, J. (2011). "Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 21: 205–218.
- McMenamin, M. A. S. (2003). "Origin and Early Evolution of Predators". Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology. Vol. 20. pp. 379–400. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_17. ISBN 978-0-306-47489-7.
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