Ediacaran biota

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
prehistoric life form
gptkbp:characterizedBy discoidal forms
frond-like forms
segmented forms
soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:debatedAffinities gptkb:algae
animals
fungi
unique kingdom (Vendobionta)
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Reg_Sprigg
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1946
gptkbp:existedDuring gptkb:Ediacaran_Period
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:end-Ediacaran_extinction
gptkbp:firstAppearance about 635 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Cambrian_biota
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:China
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Newfoundland
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ediacaran biota
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Aspidella
gptkb:Charniodiscus
gptkb:Fractofusus
gptkb:Petalonamae
gptkb:Charnia
gptkb:Cyclomedusa
gptkb:Dickinsonia
gptkb:Kimberella
gptkb:Ovatoscutum
gptkb:Parvancorina
gptkb:Pteridinium
gptkb:Rangea
gptkb:Spriggina
gptkb:Tribrachidium
gptkb:Yorgia
gptkb:Arkarua
gptkb:Dickinsoniidae
gptkb:Erniettomorpha
gptkb:Proarticulata
gptkb:Rangeomorpha
gptkb:Trilobozoa
gptkb:Vendobionta
gptkbp:lastAppearance about 541 million years ago
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ediacara_Hills
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Chengjiang,_China
gptkb:Ediacara_Hills,_Australia
gptkb:Mistaken_Point,_Newfoundland
gptkb:Nama_Group,_Namibia
White Sea, Russia
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Cryogenian_biota
gptkbp:preservedIn carbonaceous films
casts and molds
impressions in sandstone
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cambrian_explosion
Avalon explosion
gptkbp:significance earliest known complex multicellular life
precursors to Cambrian explosion
gptkbp:studiedIn evolutionary biology
paleontology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ediacaran
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5