{{Short description|Ediacaran encrusting macroscopic algae}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = Ediacaran | image = | image_caption = | genus = Serebrina | parent_authority = Ischenko, 1983 | species = crustacea | authority = Ischenko, 1988 }}

'''''Serebrina''''' is an Ediacaran encrusting macroscopic algae first discovered by Ischenko in 1983. Very little is known of this genus. It has been found in several formations in Ukraine and Russia.

== Description == ''Serebrina'' exhibits an encrusting growth form<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Istchenko|first=A. A.|date=1983|title=To the question about stages of development of the algal flora of the South-Western part of Eastern-European platform|journal=Fossil Fauna and Flora of the Ukraine. III Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society|pages=70–75}}</ref> and is interpreted as a thallus, a plant body lacking leaves and stems.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Leonov|first1=M. V.|last2=Ragozina|first2=A. L.|title=Upper Vendian assemblages of carbonaceous micro- and macrofossils in the White Sea Region: systematic and biostratigraphic aspects|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications|volume=286|issue=1|pages=269–275|doi=10.1144/sp286.19|year=2007|bibcode=2007GSLSP.286..269L|s2cid=131474528}}</ref>

== Diversity == A single species, ''S. crustacea,'' is known.<ref name=":0" /> The species name presumably derives from the encrusting life habit.&nbsp;

== Discovery == First described by Ischenko in 1983,<ref name=":0" /> ''Serebrina'' has later been found by several other paleontologists<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Ragozina|first1=A. L.|last2=Leonov|first2=M. V.|title=Macrophytes and Organically Preserved Microfossils in the Vendian Complex of the Southeastern White Sea Area, Russia|journal=Abstract Volume for IGCP493}}</ref> in abundance in the Verkhovka Formation in Ukraine.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=The rise and fall of the Ediacaran biota|date=2007|publisher=Geological Society|others=Vickers-Rich, Patricia., Komarower, Patricia.|isbn=9781862392335|location=London|oclc=156823511}}</ref>

== Distribution == Macroscopic algae tend to be rarer in the Ediacaran fauna and are usually found in finer sediments.<ref name=":2" /> ''Serebrina'' has been found in several deposits, such as Mezen Syneclise and the Zimnegory Formation in Russia.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> The exact number of specimens found is not known for certain.

== Ecology == Based on the little information available, ''Serebrina'' appears to encrust on hard surfaces.

== See also == * List of Ediacaran genera

== References == {{Reflist}}

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Category:Ediacaran life