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Ediacaran fauna [‚ēd·ē·ə′kar·ən ′fȯn·ə] (paleontology) The oldest known assemblage of fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals; first discovered in the Ediacara Hills, Australia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Called the Ediacaran biota, these hard-to-categorize organisms apparently led a peaceful lifestyle, passively soaking up energy from the sun and from chemicals in the ocean. Known as the Ediacaran biota, these fossils represent the earliest known animals as well as some unclassifiable creatures. When researchers first uncovered a large number of these fossils in the 1940s in South Australia, they interpreted the Ediacaran biota as the earliest animals. |
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