Auroralumina is a genus of cnidarians from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest; the only species is Auroralumina attenboroughii. It is the earliest known...

appeared simultaneously. That view is supported by the discovery of Auroralumina attenboroughii, the earliest known Ediacaran crown-group cnidarian (557–562...

superspinosus. In July 2022, a fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature named Auroralumina attenboroughii, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator...

polyp Haootia and the British Auroralumina as the only recognized cnidarian body fossils from the Ediacaran. Auroralumina is the earliest known animal...

evidence of selective (rather than random) predation from a similar time. Auroralumina attenboroughii is an Ediacaran crown-group cnidarian (557–562 mya, some...

Bradgatia (lower left) in an assemblage with Auroralumina (top left) and Charnia (right) at Charnwood Forest...

monophyly of medusozoans. The stem group of Medusozoa also includes Auroralumina attenboroughii, the earliest known animal predator from the late Ediacaran...

of which resemble segmented worms, fronds, disks, or immobile bags. Auroralumina was a cnidarian. Most members of the Ediacaran biota bear little resemblance...

Funisia dorothea) suggest relationships to Porifera or Cnidaria (e.g. Auroralumina). Kimberella may show a similarity to molluscs, and other organisms have...

preservation and beauty, is an apt specimen to honour the great man." Auroralumina attenboroughii † Dunn et al., 2022 Cnidarian A 560-million-year-old fossil...

nov Yang et al. Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) China A rugose coral. Auroralumina Gen. et sp. nov Valid Dunn et al. Ediacaran Bradgate Formation United...

Atakia Palij 1979  Ukraine Attenborites Droser et al. 2018  Australia Auroralumina Dunn et al. 2022  United Kingdom Ausia Hahn et Pflug 1985  Namibia Avalofractus...