Charniidae
| Charniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Petalonamae |
| Clade: | †Rangeomorpha |
| Family: | †Charniidae Glaessner 1979[1] |
| Type genus | |
| †Charnia Ford, 1958
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| Genera | |
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Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha.[2][3]
Distribution
From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.
Taxonomy
The family presents 6 genera:
Gallery
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Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri.
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Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni.
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Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.
See also
References
- ^ Glaessner, M.F. (1979). "Biogeography and biostratigraphy: Precambrian". In Robinson, R.A.; Teichert, C. (eds.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Part A: Fossilization (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy. Boulder, CO: University of Kansas & Geological Society of America. pp. 79–118. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ^ Steiner, Michael; Reitner, Joachim (2001). "Evidence of organic structures in Ediacara-type fossils and associated microbial mats". Geology. 12 (29): 1119–1122. Bibcode:2001Geo....29.1119S. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1119:EOOSIE>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Sun, Weiguo (1986). "Late precambrian pennatulids (sea pens) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge, China: Paracharnia gen. nov". Precambrian Research. 4 (34): 361–375. Bibcode:1986PreR...31..361S. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(86)90040-9.
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