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    The Ediacaran ( /ˌiːdiˈækərən, ˌɛdi-/ EE-dee-AK-ər-ən, ED-ee-) is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic era that spans 96 million years from the end...
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    The Ediacaran (/ˌiːdiˈækərən/; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth...
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    Neoproterozoic (category Geological eras)
    used the name Ediacaran. However, in 2004, the International Union of Geological Sciences ratified the Ediacaran Period to be a geological age of the Neoproterozoic...
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    Narbonne, Guy; Christie-Blick, Nicholas (2006). "The Ediacaran Period: a new addition to the geologic time scale". Lethaia. 39 (1): 13–30. Bibcode:2006Letha...
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  • Doushantuo Formation (category Ediacaran geology)
    Middle Ediacaran, is of particular interest because it covers the poorly understood interval of time between the end of the Cryogenian geological period...
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    lifeforms were discovered, and have given their name to the geological period known as the Ediacaran. The area has many old copper and silver mines from mining...
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  • the Ediacaran biota". Geology. 44 (11): 955. Bibcode:2016Geo....44..955P. doi:10.1130/G38284.1. F. M. Gradstein, Gabi Ogg, Mark Schmitz, The Geologic Time...
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  • Wood Canyon Formation (category Ediacaran geology of Nevada)
    archaeocyathid fossils in upper part of formation, dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era and Lower Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic...
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  • Stirling Quartzite Formation (category Ediacaran geology of Nevada)
    underlies the Wood Canyon Formation. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era. Paleontology portal Wikimedia Commons...
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  • The end-Ediacaran extinction is a mass extinction believed to have occurred near the end of the Ediacaran period, the final period of the Proterozoic...
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  • This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 227 genera. Valid genus Junior synonym Vague status Rejected...
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    Ernietta (category Ediacaran life)
    segmontrix Phlug, 1972 Paleontology portal List of Ediacaran genera Ediacaran biota Ediacaran Geology of Namibia "Name - Ernietta Pflug 1966". ION - Index...
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    Cambrian (redirect from Cambrian (Geology))
    first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period...
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    Nama assemblage (category Ediacaran)
    The Nama assemblage was the last of the Ediacaran biotic assemblages. Following the Avalon and White Sea assemblages, it spanned from c. 550 Ma to c....
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  • Pebidian Supergroup (category Ediacaran geology)
    The Pebidian Supergroup is an Ediacaran (i.e. late Precambrian) lithostratigraphic supergroup (a sequence of rock strata) in Pembrokeshire, west Wales...
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    Dickinsonia (category Ediacaran life)
    during the late Ediacaran period in what is now Australia, China, Russia, and Ukraine. It is one of the best known members of the Ediacaran biota. The individual...
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  • OCLC 52074044. McCall (2006). "The Vendian (Ediacaran) in the geological record: Enigmas in geology's prelude to the Cambrian explosion". Earth-Science...
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  • Benton Volcanic Group (category Ediacaran geology)
    The Benton Volcanic Group is an Ediacaran lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name is derived from the locality...
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    St. John's Group (category Ediacaran Newfoundland and Labrador)
    The St John's Group is a fossiliferous shale-dominated Ediacaran geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador, younger than 565 ± 3 million years ago. It...
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  • Millingport Formation (category Ediacaran geology of North Carolina)
    The Millingport Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. Earth sciences portal United...
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  • Stappogiedde Formation (category Ediacaran geology)
    The Stappogiedde Formation is a geologic formation in Norway. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. Earth sciences portal Norway portal...
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  • Cymru Terrane (category Ediacaran geology)
    There is a sharp erosional contact with the Cambrian Dolwen Formation. No Ediacaran fauna has been found in the Welsh Terrane to date. The age of the Bryn-teg...
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    sessile Ediacaran biota (some of which had evolved sexual reproduction) and provides the first obvious fossil evidence of life on Earth. The geologic record...
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    Historical geology or palaeogeology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of geology to reconstruct the geological history of Earth. Historical...
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  • once thought to be a jellyfish The Ediacaran geological time period, named after the Ediacara Hills The Ediacaran biota, the oldest known complex multicellular...
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  • Cid Formation (category Ediacaran geology of North Carolina)
    characterized by pyroclastic flows. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. Earth sciences portal United States portal Paleontology portal...
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    Cryogenian (category Geology controversies)
    Neoproterozoic Era, preceded by the Tonian Period and followed by the Ediacaran. The Cryogenian was a time of drastic biosphere changes. After the previous...
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    the last of the Ediacaran biota, is used to help define the dividing line, considered geologically at 541 mya, between the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods...
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    Catoctin Formation (category Ediacaran geology)
    The Catoctin Formation is a geologic formation that expands through Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It dates back to the Precambrian and is closely...
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    and Gibraltar. The peninsula contains rocks from every geological period from the Ediacaran to the Quaternary, and many types of rock are represented...
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