Finkoella fossil map
Where fossils of Finkoella have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 555 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 555 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Ediacaran & Cambrian life |
|---|---|
| Lived | 635–538.8 million years ago (Ediacaran) |
| Periods | Ediacaran |
| Family | Ausiidae |
| Named by | Martyshyn and Uchman 2021 |
| Fossil records | 4 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Ukraine |
| Rock formations | Mohyliv |
About Finkoella
Finkoella is a genus of sack-like body fossils of an Ediacaran tunicate-like organism that was first described from a spot in Ukraine in 2021. In the same paper that described the genus Finkoella, another organism was described named Pharyngomorpha, being a reticulate, possibly being a fragment of the pharyngeal basket of a Finkoella. This fossil is also described from the Marwar Super Group [MSG] of rocks of Sonia Sandstone at Jodhpur region in Sursagar area. The genus contains two species, F. ukrainica and F. oblonga, with the former of which being the type species of this genus, with its name referring to where it was described from, Ukraine.
It is also worth noting the similarities of Finkoella ukrainica to fossilised clay pebbles, that are also seen within the Cambrian, that also showed up with the holotype of F. ukrainica. These double siphon tunicate organism Finkoella shows a distinct organic layer compared to the surrounding rock of the Marwar Supergroup.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Finkoella (revision 1354678922), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q115815737.
