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Charnia is an
extinct genus of frond-like
lifeforms belonging to the
Ediacaran biota with segmented, leaf-like
ridges branching alternately to the right...
- be
Early Cambrian. It was not
until the
British discovery of the
iconic Charnia that the
Precambrian was
seriously considered as
containing life. This...
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geologist who is best
known as the
discoverer of the
original type fossil,
Charnia masoni, of a
Precambrian (more than 540
million years old)
organism that...
- zoologist,
painter and poet who is
credited as the
original discoverer of
Charnia, the
first ever
known Precambrian fossil. A
fossil enthusiast since childhood...
- g. ****insonia and Spriggina),
Petalonamae (sea pen-like animals, e.g.
Charnia),
Aspidella (radial-shaped animals, e.g. Cyclomedusa) and
Trilobozoa (animals...
- cnidarians,
mollusks or annelids.
Charnia fossils were
originally found in the
Charnwood Forest in England,
hence named Charnia.
These fossils are from marine...
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fossils of
animals appear in the Ediacaran,
represented by
forms such as
Charnia and Spriggina. It had long been
doubted whether these fossils truly represented...
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Although the
Ediacaran fossil Charnia used to be
classified as a
jellyfish or sea pen, more
recent study of
growth patterns in
Charnia and
modern cnidarians has...
- were sea pens (Cnidaria), but
examination of well-preserved
specimens of
Charnia reveals that the
branching fronds of
rangeomorphs were
fundamentally different...
- the
segments are alternate. An
analysis of the
growth and
development of
Charnia fossils through laser imaging of the
holotype reveals that it
cannot be...
