Ediacaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Genus: | †Ediacaria Sprigg, 1947 |
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| Ediacaria flindersi | |
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Ediacaria is a
Period. Ediacaria consists of concentric rough circles, radial lines between the circles and a central dome, with a diameter from 1 to 70 cm.Systematics and taxonomy
Ediacaria was named by
Ediacaria is possibly a synonym for
Ediacaria was often classified as a jellyfish (a Scyphozoan Cnidarian), and has also been interpreted in many of the categories postulated to house the Ediacaran biota. A conspicuous filamentous microstructure preserved in some pyritised specimens suggests that it may have been a microbial colony, which disrupted the surrounding microbial mat to create the distinctive pattern (Grazhdankin, in press).
See also
References
- ^ M. A. Fedonkin, J. G. Gehling, K. Grey, G. M. Narbonne, and P. Vickers-Rich. 2007. The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 1-326 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]
- ^ IRMNG (2018). Ediacaria Sprigg, 1947 †. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1235848 on 2019-04-17
- S2CID 128480971.
- ^ "Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena, Parachilna, SA Profile". 2008-08-04. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
Notes
- Crimes, T.P.; Insole, A. & Williams, B.P.J. (1995): A rigid-bodied Ediacaran biota from Upper Cambrian strata in Co. Wexford, Éire. Geological Journal 30(2): 89-109. (HTML abstract)
- Gehling, James G.; Narbonne, Guy M. & Anderson, Michael M. (2000): The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella terranovica. Palaeontology 43(3): 427-456.
- Grazhdankin, D. (2001): Microbial origin of some of the Ediacaran fossils. GSA Annual Meeting 2001: Paper 177-0. HTML abstract
- Grazhdankin, D. (in press): Lethaia.
- Lindsley-Griffin, Nancy; Griffin, John R. & Farmer, Jack D. (2001): Paleogeographic links between Yreka Terrane (Klamath Mountains, Northern California) and Alaska's Nixon Fork and Alexander Terranes. GSA-AAPG-SPE Meeting 2006: Paper 24-6. HTML abstract Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Pickerill, R.K. (1982): Cambrian Medusoids from the St. John Group, southwestern New Brunswick. Geological Survey of Canada Current Research Part B. 82(1): 71-76.
- Sprigg, R.C. (1947): Early Cambrian(?) Jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 71: 212-224. PDF fulltext
- Stasinska, A. (1960): Velumbrella czarnockii n. gen., n. sp. - Meduse du Cambrien Inferieur des Monts de Sainte-Croix. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 5: 337-346.
- Vanguestaine, Michel & Brück, Peter (2005): A Middle Cambrian age for the Ediacara-type fauna from the Booley Bay Formation, County Wexford, Ireland: new acritarch data and their implications. In: Steemans, P. & Javaux, E. (eds.): Pre-Cambrian to Palaeozoic Palaeopalynology and Palaeobotany. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, Memoir 2005/02, Abstract 11 PDF fulltext Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Peripatus Home Page: Ediacaran Survivors. Version of 2006-MAY-10. Retrieved 2007-JUN-06.