Charniidae
| Charniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | †Rangeomorpha
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| Family: | †Charniidae Glaessner 1979
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| Type genus | |
| †Charnia Ford, 1958
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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 5 genera:
- †Beothukis
- †Bomakellia
- †Charnia
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- †Paracharnia
Gallery[]
Bomakellia kelleri.
Artist reconstruction of Charnia masoni.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Steiner, Michael; Reitner, Joachim (2001). "Evidence of organic structures in Ediacara-type fossils and associated microbial mats". Geology. 12 (29): 1119–1122. Bibcode:2001Geo....29.1119S. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1119:EOOSIE>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Sun, Weiguo (1986). "Late precambrian pennatulids (sea pens) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge, China: Paracharnia gen. nov". Precambrian Research. 4 (34): 361–375. Bibcode:1986PreR...31..361S. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(86)90040-9.
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