Charnia is an extinct genus of frond-like lifeforms belonging to the Ediacaran biota with segmented, leaf-like ridges branching alternately to the right...
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be Early Cambrian. It was not until the British discovery of the iconic Charnia that the Precambrian was seriously considered as containing life. This...
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zoologist, painter and poet who is credited as the original discoverer of Charnia, the first ever known Precambrian fossil. A fossil enthusiast since childhood...
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Precambrian body plans (section Charnia)
cnidarians, mollusks or annelids. Charnia fossils were originally found in the Charnwood Forest in England, hence named Charnia. These fossils are from marine...
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g. Dickinsonia and Spriggina), Petalonamae (sea pen-like animals, e.g. Charnia), Aspidella (radial-shaped animals, e.g. Cyclomedusa) and Trilobozoa (animals...
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were sea pens (Cnidaria), but examination of well-preserved specimens of Charnia reveals that the branching fronds of rangeomorphs were fundamentally different...
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the segments are alternate. An analysis of the growth and development of Charnia fossils through laser imaging of the holotype reveals that it cannot be...
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fossils of animals appear in the Ediacaran, represented by forms such as Charnia and Spriggina. It had long been doubted whether these fossils truly represented...
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Although the Ediacaran fossil Charnia used to be classified as a jellyfish or sea pen, more recent study of growth patterns in Charnia and modern cnidarians has...
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Roger Mason (geologist) (section Charnia discovery)
geologist who is best known as the discoverer of the original type fossil, Charnia masoni, of a Precambrian (more than 540 million years old) organism that...
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Sciences. Retrieved 2023-01-27. Antcliffe, J.B.; Brasier, M.D. (2008). "Charnia at 50: Developmental Models for Ediacaran Fronds". Palaeontology. 51 (1):...
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Chengjiang deposits of Yunnan that was originally aligned with the fossil Charnia (strictly, the Charniomorpha) from the Ediacara biota. However, such an...
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Holotype (top left), on a slab of Ediacaran rock containing Charnia (lower right) and Bradgatia (left)...
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concentricus. Later it was discovered that a frond (Charnia masoni) was part of a closely related organism. Charnia differs in the branching structure in the frond...
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†Bomakellia †Bradgatia †Charnia †Culmofrons †Paracharnia Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri. Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni. Artists...
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The Vendozoan Charnia. The actual nature or phylogeny of the Vendozoan is not known, leading to form taxa only...
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include dinosaurs, an Egyptian area, minerals of Leicestershire, the first Charnia fossil identified nearby, and a wildspace area featuring stuffed animals...
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as Charnia. A 2020 study suggested that it should be placed in the group Petalonamae along with similar Ediacaran forms. Forms related to Charnia were...
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best known for publishing the first report on the Precambrian fossil Charnia masoni in 1958. In addition to paleontology, his wide-ranging research...
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PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232. Antcliffe, J. B.; Brasier, M. D. (2007). "Charnia and sea pens are poles apart". Journal of the Geological Society. 164 (1):...
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the Trepassey community in Newfoundland. It was originally described as Charnia wardi; it was referred under this synonym in a 2016 paper. Trepassia is...
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Ghazalia Lalla Fatma Bent Osman Lalla Jannat Issue Muhammad I Rashid Ali II Dynasty Husainides Father Ali Turki Mother Hafsia Charnia Religion Islam...
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grandis = Charnia massoni. R. longa Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Charniodiscus longus. R. sibirica Sokolov, 1972 = Charnia sibirica = Charnia massoni. Rangea...
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mud surface at the bottom the sea where it grew. It was over-towered by Charnia and Charniodiscus which grew nearby. Bradgatia has been found in Charnwood...
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string. The orientation of strings of Hadrynichorde is parallel to some Charnia fronds on same bedding plane, indicating a tethered or sessile lifestyle...
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poorly preserved biological remains of various contemporary taxa such as Charnia, Charniodiscus, Bradgatia, Primocandelabrum, Pectinifrons and others, that...
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Eastern Yangtze Gorge, Hubei Province. It was initially classified as Charnia dengyingensis, but Sun Weiguo in 1986, comparing this to findings from...
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Charnia masoni, a frondose Late Ediacaran fossil with segmented, leaf-like ridges branching alternately to the right and left from a zig-zag medial suture...
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Longest specimens of Trepassia wardae (also known as Charnia wardi) reached 185 cm (73 in) in length. Charnia masoni is known from specimens as small as only...
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deposited. More specifically, it has been compared to the Ediacaran organism Charnia. It got up to 20 cm long, and attached itself to the sea floor with a holdfast...
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