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''Ediacaria'' was named by [[Reg Sprigg]] in 1947, after the [[Ediacara Hills]] in [[South Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Parachilna/EdiacaraFossilSite-Nilpena/9895|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804004859/http://aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Parachilna/EdiacaraFossilSite-Nilpena/9895|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-04|title=Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena, Parachilna, SA Profile|date=2008-08-04|access-date=2017-10-27}}</ref> Two species are recognised: ''E. flindersi'', described by Sprigg from the Pound [[Quartzite]] in the Ediacara Hills, and ''E. booleyi'', described in 1995 from a [[Late Cambrian]] deposit at [[Booley Bay Formation|Booley Bay]] ([[County Wexford]]), [[Ireland]]. The species were named after the [[Flinders Ranges]] and Booley Bay, respectively.
''Ediacaria'' was named by [[Reg Sprigg]] in 1947, after the [[Ediacara Hills]] in [[South Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Parachilna/EdiacaraFossilSite-Nilpena/9895|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804004859/http://aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Parachilna/EdiacaraFossilSite-Nilpena/9895|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-04|title=Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena, Parachilna, SA Profile|date=2008-08-04|access-date=2017-10-27}}</ref> Two species are recognised: ''E. flindersi'', described by Sprigg from the Pound [[Quartzite]] in the Ediacara Hills, and ''E. booleyi'', described in 1995 from a [[Late Cambrian]] deposit at [[Booley Bay Formation|Booley Bay]] ([[County Wexford]]), [[Ireland]]. The species were named after the [[Flinders Ranges]] and Booley Bay, respectively.


''Ediacaria'' is possibly a synonym for ''[[Aspidella terranovica]]'' described in 1872. Although ''Ediacaria'' is one of the first described organisms from the Precambrian, ''[[Aspidella]]'' was described earlier, although its age was not understood to be Precambrian. As ''Aspidella'' is apparently a [[form taxon]], ''Ediacaria'' may yet be valid and denote one specific genus among several that seem to make up ''Aspidella''. ''[[Spriggia wadea]]'' is quite likely a synonym of ''Ediacaria'' (and consequently, possibly ''Aspidella''); the differences seem to be merely due to different substrate in which the animals were embedded. (Gehling ''et al.'' 2000)
''Ediacaria'' is possibly a synonym for ''[[Aspidella terranovica]]'' described in 1872. Although ''Ediacaria'' is one of the first described organisms from the Precambrian, ''[[Aspidella]]'' was described earlier, although its age was not understood to be Precambrian. As ''Aspidella'' is apparently a [[form taxon]], ''Ediacaria'' may yet be valid and denote one specific genus among several that seem to make up ''Aspidella''. ''[[Spriggia wadea]]'' is quite likely a synonym of ''Ediacaria'' (and consequently, possibly ''Aspidella''); the differences seem to be merely due to different substrate in which the animals were embedded. (Gehling ''et al.'' 2000)


''Ediacaria'' was often classified as a jellyfish (a [[Scyphozoa]]n [[Cnidaria]]n), and has also been interpreted in many of the categories postulated to house the [[Ediacaran biota]]. A conspicuous filamentous microstructure preserved in some [[pyrite|pyritised]] specimens suggests that it may have been a microbial colony, which disrupted the surrounding [[microbial mat]] to create the distinctive pattern (Grazhdankin, in press).
''Ediacaria'' was often classified as a jellyfish (a [[Scyphozoa]]n [[Cnidaria]]n), and has also been interpreted in many of the categories postulated to house the [[Ediacaran biota]]. A conspicuous filamentous microstructure preserved in some [[pyrite|pyritised]] specimens suggests that it may have been a microbial colony, which disrupted the surrounding [[microbial mat]] to create the distinctive pattern (Grazhdankin, in press).
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Revision as of 23:09, 26 February 2020

For other uses, see Ediacara.

Ediacaria
Temporal range: Tonian–Drumian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Genus: †Ediacaria
Sprigg, 1947
Type species
Ediacaria flindersi
Species
  • Ediacaria booleyi MacGabhann 2007[1]
  • Ediacaria flindersi
Synonyms

Ediacaria is a fossil genus dating to the Ediacaran Period of the Neoproterozoic Era. Unlike most Ediacaran biota which disappeared almost entirely from the fossil record at the end of the Period, Ediacaria fossils have been found dating from the Baikalian age (850–650 Ma) of the Upper Riphean[3] to 501 million years ago, well into the Cambrian Period. Ediacaria consists of concentric rough circles, radial lines between the circles and a central dome, with a diameter from 1 to 70 cm.

Systematics and taxonomy

Ediacaria was named by Reg Sprigg in 1947, after the Ediacara Hills in South Australia.[4] Two species are recognised: E. flindersi, described by Sprigg from the Pound Quartzite in the Ediacara Hills, and E. booleyi, described in 1995 from a Late Cambrian deposit at Booley Bay (County Wexford), Ireland. The species were named after the Flinders Ranges and Booley Bay, respectively.

Ediacaria is possibly a synonym for Aspidella terranovica described in 1872. Although Ediacaria is one of the first described organisms from the Precambrian, Aspidella was described earlier, although its age was not understood to be Precambrian. As Aspidella is apparently a form taxon, Ediacaria may yet be valid and denote one specific genus among several that seem to make up Aspidella. Spriggia wadea is quite likely a synonym of Ediacaria (and consequently, possibly Aspidella); the differences seem to be merely due to different substrate in which the animals were embedded. (Gehling et al. 2000)

Ediacaria was often classified as a jellyfish (a Scyphozoan Cnidarian), and has also been interpreted in many of the categories postulated to house the Ediacaran biota. A conspicuous filamentous microstructure preserved in some pyritised specimens suggests that it may have been a microbial colony, which disrupted the surrounding microbial mat to create the distinctive pattern (Grazhdankin, in press).

See also

References

  1. ^ M. A. Fedonkin, J. G. Gehling, K. Grey, G. M. Narbonne, and P. Vickers-Rich. 2007. The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 1-326 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]
  2. ^ IRMNG (2018). Ediacaria Sprigg, 1947 †. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1235848 on 2019-04-17
  3. ^ K. E. Nagovitsin; D. V. Grazhdankin; B. B. Kochnev (2008). "Ediacaria in the Siberian Hypostratotype of the Riphean". Doklady Earth Sciences. 419A (3): 423–427. Bibcode:2008DokES.419..423N. doi:10.1134/S1028334X0803015X.
  4. ^ "Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena, Parachilna, SA Profile". 2008-08-04. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  • Crimes, T.P.; Insole, A. & Williams, B.P.J. (1995): A rigid-bodied Ediacaran biota from Upper Cambrian strata in Co. Wexford, Éire. Geological Journal 30(2): 89-109. doi:10.1002/gj.3350300202 (HTML abstract)
  • Gehling, James G.; Narbonne, Guy M. & Anderson, Michael M. (2000): The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella terranovica. Palaeontology 43(3): 427-456. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00134.x PDF fulltext
  • Grazhdankin, D. (2001): Microbial origin of some of the Ediacaran fossils. GSA Annual Meeting 2001: Paper 177-0. HTML abstract
  • Grazhdankin, D. (in press): Lethaia. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00025.x
  • Lindsley-Griffin, Nancy; Griffin, John R. & Farmer, Jack D. (2001): Paleogeographic links between Yreka Terrane (Klamath Mountains, Northern California) and Alaska's Nixon Fork and Alexander Terranes. GSA-AAPG-SPE Meeting 2006: Paper 24-6. HTML abstract
  • Pickerill, R.K. (1982): Cambrian Medusoids from the St. John Group, southwestern New Brunswick. Geological Survey of Canada Current Research Part B. 82(1): 71-76.
  • Sprigg, R.C. (1947): Early Cambrian(?) Jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 71: 212-224. PDF fulltext
  • Stasinska, A. (1960): Velumbrella czarnockii n. gen., n. sp. - Meduse du Cambrien Inferieur des Monts de Sainte-Croix. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 5: 337-346.
  • Vanguestaine, Michel & Brück, Peter (2005): A Middle Cambrian age for the Ediacara-type fauna from the Booley Bay Formation, County Wexford, Ireland: new acritarch data and their implications. In: Steemans, P. & Javaux, E. (eds.): Pre-Cambrian to Palaeozoic Palaeopalynology and Palaeobotany. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, Memoir 2005/02, Abstract 11 PDF fulltext
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