Charniidae
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| Charniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Petalonamae |
| Clade: | †Rangeomorpha |
| Family: | †Charniidae Glaessner 1979 |
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| †Charnia Ford, 1958
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Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The family presents 6 genera:
Gallery
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Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri. -
Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni. -
Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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