The Ediacaran (/ ˌ iː d i ˈ æ k ər ə n, ˌ ɛ d i-/ EE-dee-AK-ər-ən, ED-ee-) [3] is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period at …

Ediacaran Period, the uppermost division of the Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian time, extending from approximately 635 million years ago to 541 million years ago. The Ediacaran Period …

The Ediacaran is the youngest period of three that make up the Neoproterozoic Era, which in turn is the youngest of three eras within the Proterozoic Eon. The Ediacaran is sandwiched …

Dec 12, 2012 · Ediacaran fossils —542 to 635 million years old — occur worldwide in a variety of sedimentary deposits, generally interpreted as shallow to deep marine origin.

May 15, 2024 · Published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment this month, the study found that a drastic weakening of Earth’s magnetic field that lasted for 26 million years …

May 17, 2022 · Many early animal species died out just over 540 million years ago, but not for the usual reasons. A new study suggests that there was no external disaster: no supervolcano or …

Nov 27, 2022 · The Ediacaran biota were soft-bodied organisms, many with enigmatic phylogenetic placement and ecology, living in marine environments between 574 and 539 …

The Ediacaran–Cambrian (E–C) transition arguably marks the most important geobiological revolution of the past billion years, characterized by large perturbations to global geochemical …

Ediacara fauna, unique assemblage of soft-bodied organisms preserved worldwide as fossil impressions in sandstone from the Ediacaran Period (approximately 635 million to 541 million …

6 days ago · During the Ediacaran to early Cambrian, thick evaporites and carbonates were deposited not far from the equator in the final stages of closure of the Mozambique ocean, on …