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Ediacaria booleyi ✝
| Description | Ediacaria is a fossil genus dating to the Ediacaran Period of the Neoproterozoic Era. Unlike most Ediacaran biota which disappeared almost entirely from the fossil record at the end of the Period, Ediacaria fossils have been found dating from the Baikalian age (850–650 Ma) of the Upper Riphean to 501 million years ago, well into the Cambrian Period. Ediacaria consists of concentric rough circles, radial lines between the circles and a central dome, with a diameter from 1 to 70 cm. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacaria_booleyi, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Ediacaria : Ediacaria booleyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Ediacaria : Ediacaria booleyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Ediacaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Ediacaria booleyi MacGabhann, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Ediacaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ediacaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | osmotroph (based on Ediacaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Ediacaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Fedonkin, J. G. Gehling, and K. Grey, G. M. Narbonne, P. Vickers-Rich. 2007. The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacaria_booleyi |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Ediacaria booleyi MacGabhann |
References
| Fedonkin M. A., Gehling J. G., et al (2007) The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1-326 |
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!
