Charniidae

Charniidae Temporal range: 635–505  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Ediacaran
Charnia masoni .
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	† Petalonamae
Clade:	† Rangeomorpha
Family:	† Charniidae Glaessner 1979
Type genus
† Charnia Ford, 1958
Genera
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Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.

Taxonomy

The family presents 6 genera:

• † Beothukis
• † Bomakellia
• † Bradgatia
• † Charnia
• † Culmofrons
• † Paracharnia

Gallery

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  Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri .
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  Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni .
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  Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis .

See also

• Rangea

References

1. Steiner, Michael; Reitner, Joachim (2001). "Evidence of organic structures in Ediacara-type fossils and associated microbial mats". Geology. 12 (29): 1119–1122. Bibcode:2001Geo....29.1119S. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1119:EOOSIE>2.0.CO;2.
2. Sun, Weiguo (1986). "Late precambrian pennatulids (sea pens) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge, China: Paracharnia gen. nov". Precambrian Research. 4 (34): 361–375. Bibcode:1986PreR...31..361S. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(86)90040-9.

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