Global InformationErytholus information
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2024) |
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| Crack-out specimen of Erytholus globosus from the Middle Cambrian, Moodlatana Formation, of the Flinders ranges, South Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Erytholus Retallack 2011 |
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Erytholus is a form genus for problematic fossils of Cambrian age in South Australia. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity with the Ediacaran fossil Ventogyrus, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont. It could be a slime mold.[1]
- ^ Retallack, G.J. (2011). "Problematic megafossils in Cambrian paleosols of South Australia". Palaeontology. 54 (6): 1223–1242. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54.1223R. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01099.x. S2CID 130692406.