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    Charniodiscus is an Ediacaran fossil that in life was probably a stationary filter feeder that lived anchored to a sandy sea bed. The organism had a holdfast...
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    genus Charniodiscus are now being interpreted as belonging to the genus Arborea with the latter of which being considered synonymous with Charniodiscus. A...
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    preserved biological remains of various contemporary taxa such as Charnia, Charniodiscus, Bradgatia, Primocandelabrum, Pectinifrons and others, that were effaced...
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    2012 A number of Ediacaran form taxa are thought to represent Charnia, Charniodiscus and other Petalonamids at varying levels of decay; these include the...
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    classified as an annelid worm, a rangeomorph-like frond, a variant of Charniodiscus, a proarticulatan, an arthropod (perhaps related to the trilobites)...
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    range: 635.0–508.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Ediacaran-Cambrian Charniodiscus arboreus (=Arborea arborea) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
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    upright frond-like Ediacarans. A notable example is the form known as Charniodiscus, a circular impression later found to be attached to the long 'stem'...
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    anterior and posterior side, which included species like Spriggina, Charniodiscus and Yorgia. Many of the plants fit into a now-extinct phylum of Vendobionta...
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  • Charniodiscus...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: †Petalonamae Class: †Arboreomorpha Erwin et al., 2011 Genera † Arborea † Charniodiscus † Khatyspytia † Vaizitsinia...
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    shape of Swartpuntia resembles other Ediacaran fronds Pteridinium and Charniodiscus, both fronds with alternating segments; the segments' microstructure...
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    also bear fossils of Andiva, Yorgia, Dickinsonia, Tribrachidium and Charniodiscus, suggesting that it lived alongside these organisms. Kimberella probably...
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    Charniodiscus arboreus. R. grandis Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Glassnerina grandis = Charnia massoni. R. longa Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Charniodiscus longus...
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    Shepshedia, are now all regarded as taphomorphs related to Charnia or Charniodiscus. Fluvial taphonomy is concerned with the decomposition of organisms...
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  • locations. Oppositus is also used in the names of many species, including: Charniodiscus oppositus, an extinct primitive marine animal. Leptoglossus oppositus...
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  • The fossil Charniodiscus is barely distinguishable from the "elephant skin" texture on this cast....
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    be placed. The Bradgate examples include Bradgatia linfordensis and Charniodiscus concentricus as well as Charnia masoni. Because of the risk of vandalism...
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    the bottom the sea where it grew. It was over-towered by Charnia and Charniodiscus which grew nearby. Bradgatia has been found in Charnwood Forest in England...
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  • first described) now resides, along with a cast of its related taxon Charniodiscus, in Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Decades later it was...
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  • type material of Charniodiscus concentricus is published by Pérez-Pinedo et al. (2022), who emend the generic diagnosis of Charniodiscus. Scientists report...
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    The tuffs which were laid down in water are fossiliferous; Charnia, Charniodiscus and Cyclomedusa, are all recorded from these rocks. British Geological...
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  • and problematic organisms: Dickinsonia, Yorgia, Kimberella, Charnia, Charniodiscus, Cyclomedusa, Ediacaria, Parvancorina, Pteridinium, Rangea, Fractofusus...
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    Dickinsonia, Anfesta, Albumares, Tribrachidium, Kimberella, Parvancorina, Charniodiscus and others. List of Ediacaran genera B. M. Keller & M. A. Fedonkin (1976)...
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  •  China Arborea Glaessner et Wade 1966 Was considered a junior synonym of Charniodiscus, now thought to be a colonial Eumetazoan unrelated to Rangeomorphs  Australia...
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    commonly categorized as Spindle-shaped (Fractofusus), Frond-shaped (Charniodiscus), or Bush-like / Radiating (Bradgatia) in form. Spindles are the most...
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  • Images Charnia Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group  United Kingdom Charniodiscus Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group  United Kingdom Spriggina Valid...
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  • duo Arborea (genus), an Ediacaran fossil originally synonymous with Charniodiscus. Ulmus pumila var. arborea, the Turkestan elm, a tree endemic to western...
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  • Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Charniodiscus yorgensis Disputed Borchvardt et Nessov Ediacaran Zimnie Gory Formation and Ust-Pinega...
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    (Australia) by Coutts et al. (2018). New, three-dimensional specimens of Charniodiscus arboreus (Arborea arborea), allowing for a detailed reinterpretation...
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  • Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Charniodiscus procerus Valid LaFlamme et al., 2004 Ediacaran Mistaken Point Formation and Trepassey...
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