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Charnia masoni ✝
| Description | Charnia is a genus of frond-like Ediacaran lifeforms with segmented, leaf-like ridges branching alternately to the right and left from a zig-zag medial suture (thus exhibiting glide reflection, or opposite isometry). The genus Charnia was named after Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England, where the first fossilised specimen was found. Charnia is significant because it was the first Precambrian fossil to be recognized as such. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnia_masoni, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Charniidae : Charnia : Charnia masoni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Rangeomorpha : Charniidae : Charnia : Charnia masoni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Charnia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Charnia masoni Ford, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | outer shelf,marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts,thin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. D. Ford. 1958. Pre-Cambrian fossils from Charnwood Forest. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(3):211-217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnia_masoni |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1958 | Charnia masoni Ford |
| 2007 | Charnia masoni Laflamme et al. |
| 2008 | Charnia masoni Hofmann et al. p. 16 |
| 2012 | Charnia masoni Brasier et al. p. 1121 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
