| Charniidae Temporal range:
Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | † Petalonamae |
| Clade: | † Rangeomorpha |
| Family: | †
Charniidae Glaessner 1979 |
| Type genus | |
| †
Charnia Ford, 1958
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| Genera | |
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See text | |
Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha. [1] [2]
From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.
The family presents 6 genera:
- † Beothukis
- † Bomakellia
- † Bradgatia
- † Charnia
- † Culmofrons
- † Paracharnia
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Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri. -
Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni. -
Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.
- ^ 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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| Charniidae Temporal range:
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]
From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.
The family presents 6 genera:
- † Beothukis
- † Bomakellia
- † Bradgatia
- † Charnia
- † Culmofrons
- † Paracharnia
-
Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri.
-
Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni.
-
Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.
- ^ 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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