Rutgersella

Rutgersella
Temporal range:
Rutgersella truexi from the Early Silurian Shawangunk Formation of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Scientific classification
Domain: Incertae sedis
Genus: Rutgersella
Johnson and Fox 1968
Species
  • Rutgersella truexi

Rutgersella truexi is a form species for problematic fossils of Early Silurian age in Pennsylvania. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity with the iconic Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont.