Ediacaran Period

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Precambrian period geological period

The Ediacaran Period was a late Precambrian geological interval, roughly 635–541 million years ago, marked by the emergence of some of the earliest large, complex multicellular life forms.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ediacaran Period canonical	19
Ediacaran	8
Ediacaran period	4
Ediacaran System	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Precambrian period ⓘ geological period ⓘ
associatedWith	evolution of early ecosystems with tiered communities ⓘ increase in atmospheric oxygen ⓘ
biologicalSignificance	first appearance of large benthic communities ⓘ precursor to Cambrian explosion ⓘ
boundaryDefinedBy	GSSP at Enorama Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia ⓘ
characterizedBy	earliest large complex multicellular organisms ⓘ global diversification of multicellular life ⓘ soft-bodied macrofossils ⓘ
chronostratigraphicUnit	Ediacaran Period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ediacaran System
climate	generally oxygenating oceans ⓘ post-glacial warming ⓘ
contains	Ediacaran biota ⓘ
endTime	approximately 541 million years ago ⓘ
extinctionEvent	end-Ediacaran biotic turnover ⓘ
followedBy	Cambrian Period ⓘ
follows	Cryogenian Period ⓘ
fossilPreservationStyle	death masks under microbial mats ⓘ impressions in fine-grained sediments ⓘ
geologicTimeScaleRank	period ⓘ
globalDistributionOfBiota	cosmopolitan ⓘ
importantFossilLocality	Charnwood Forest, England ⓘ Ediacara Hills, South Australia ⓘ Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada ⓘ Nama Group, Namibia ⓘ White Sea coast ⓘ surface form: White Sea region, Russia
includesBiota	dickinsoniomorphs ⓘ early bilaterian-like organisms ⓘ erniettomorphs ⓘ rangeomorphs ⓘ tribrachidians ⓘ
lowerBoundaryMarker	cap carbonate overlying Marinoan glacial deposits ⓘ
namedAfter	Ediacara Hills, South Australia ⓘ surface form: Ediacara Hills
namedBy	Reginald C. Sprigg ⓘ
paleogeography	assembly of Gondwana ⓘ fragmentation of supercontinent Rodinia remnants ⓘ
partOf	Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ
positionInPrecambrian	latest Precambrian period ⓘ
precededByEvent	Snowball Earth glaciations ⓘ surface form: Cryogenian glaciations
ratificationYear	2004 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
sedimentaryRecord	stromatolitic carbonates ⓘ widespread shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits ⓘ
startTime	approximately 635 million years ago ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
timeSpan	about 94 million years ⓘ
upperBoundaryMarker	first appearance of complex trace fossils (Treptichnus pedum) near base of Cambrian ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ediacaran biota → partOf → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Ediacaran biota → locatedInTime → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

supercontinent Pannotia → formedIn → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

subject surface form: Pannotia

Neoproterozoic Era → contains → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Cambrian explosion → follows → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran period

Cambrian Period → follows → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Pan-African orogeny → geologicalAge → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Snowball Earth glaciations → followedBy → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Dickinsonia → temporalRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Charniodiscus → temporalRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Spriggina → geologicalPeriod → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Fractofusus → geologicalAge → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran period

Cyclomedusa → geologicalPeriod → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Cyclomedusa → fossilRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Ediacara Hills, South Australia → geologicalPeriod → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran period

Ediacara Hills, South Australia → inspiredNameOf → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran period

Charnwood Forest, England → geologicalPeriod → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

subject surface form: Charnwood Forest

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Ediacaran Period → chronostratigraphicUnit → Ediacaran Period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran System

Rangea → temporalRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Rangea → firstAppearance → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Rangea → lastAppearance → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Pteridinium → temporalRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Inaria → livedDuring → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle → hasTemporalContext → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Kimberella → temporalRange → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran

Pannotia → associatedWith → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Pannotia → timeSpanOverlaps → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Marinoan glaciation → precedes → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Marinoan glaciation → followedBy → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Gaskiers glaciation → associatedWith → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Terreneuvian → follows → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

Terreneuvian → precededBy → Ediacaran Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ediacaran