Charniidae
| Charniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
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| Family: | †Charniidae Glaessner 1979
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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 (type genus)
- †Culmofrons
- †Paracharnia
Gallery
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Artist reconstruction of Charnia masoni.
See also
References
- ^ Evidence of organic structures in Ediacara-type fossils and associated microbial mats. Vol. 12. 2001. pp. 1119–1122.
- ^ Late precambrian pennatulids (sea pens) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge, China: Paracharnia gen. nov. Vol. 4. 1986. pp. 361–375.
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