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The Ediacaran Period
Ediacaran fossil localities
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Charnwood, U.K.
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Newfoundland, Canada
South China
White Sea, Russia
The Ediacaran Biota
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Rangeomorphs
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Avalofractus abaculus
Beothukis
Bradgatia
Charnia masoni
Fractofusus
Pectinifrons abyssalis
Trepassia wardae
Vinlandia antecedens
Bilaterally symmetrical taxa
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Dickinsonia
Kimberella
Parvancorina
Spriggina
Yorgia
Ovatoscutum
Radialomorphs
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Coronacollina
Eoandromeda
Eoporpita
Inaria
Mawsonites
Rugoconites
Tribrachidium
Miscellanea
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Haootia quadriformis
Palaeopascichnus
Phyllozoon
Praecambridium
Cloudina
Other Ediacaran organisms
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Microbial mats
Trace fossils
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acritarchs
microfossils of uncertain origin
The holotype of the acritarch Papillomembrana (which was the first Ediacaran acanthomorph to be discovered, back in 1963). Image credit: P. Adamson.