Ediacaran fossils
Fossil
Also called Ediacara biota, Vendian fossils, Dickinsonia, and Charnia
About it
Impressions of soft-bodied life about 575 to 539 million years old: fronds, discs, and quilted forms like Charnia and Dickinsonia. Best known from South Australia, Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, and Russia's White Sea; key sites are protected.
- Type
- Fossil (other)
- Group
- Ediacaran biota
- Colours
- grey, tan, red-brown, greenish grey
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Precambrian
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.