Obamus

Obamus; Temporal range: Ediacaran, 555 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
(unranked):	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Obamus
Species:	†O. coronatus
Binomial name
	†Obamus coronatus; Dzaugis, P., Evans, S., Droser, M., Gehling, J., & Hughes, I, 2018

Obamus coronatus is a torus-shaped Ediacaran fossil from the Rawnsley Quartzite of South Australia named in honor of former American President Barack Obama.^[1]

Morphology

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.

Etymology

The generic epithet honors President Obama, partly in reference to his love and patronage of the sciences, and allegedly because the fossil organisms resemble his ear.^[1] The specific epithet, "coronatus," meaning "wreath," refers to the torus or ring-shape of the fossils.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Dzaugis, P. W., et al. "Stuck in the mat: Obamus coronatus, a new benthic organism from the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia." Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (2018): 1-7.

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[Detal-1] 1 2 3 Dzaugis, P. W., et al. "Stuck in the mat: Obamus coronatus, a new benthic organism from the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia." Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (2018): 1-7.