Charniidae

Charniidae Temporal range: 635–505  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Ediacaran
Charnia masoni .
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Petalonamae
Clade:	†Rangeomorpha
Family:	†Charniidae Glaessner 1979
Type genus
†Charnia Ford, 1958
Genera
See text

Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha.^[1][2]

Distribution

From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.

Taxonomy

The family presents 6 genera:

• †Beothukis
• †Bomakellia
• †Bradgatia
• †Charnia
• †
  Culmofrons
• †Paracharnia

Gallery

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  Artists interpretation of the enigmatic

  Bomakellia kelleri

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  Fossil specimen of

  Charnia masoni

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  Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.

See also

• Rangea

References

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