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Ediacaran fauna
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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.
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9781862392335 The rise and fall of the Ediacaran biota.
The rise and fall of the Ediacaran biota by SciTech Book News
Some paleontologists argue that the Ediacaran biota represent an entire kingdom unrelated to the modern Kingdom Animalia.
Life explodes twice by Maxmen, Amy / Science News
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.
Exhibit of fossils strains the definition of art by MONASTERSKY, RICHARD / Science News
 
 
 
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