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CHARNIA AT 50: DEVELOPMENTAL MODELS FOR EDIACARAN FRONDS

ANTCLIFFE, JONATHAN B., BRASIER, MARTIN D.·2008·Palaeontology
DOI 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00738.x
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Abstract: Correct interpretation of the Ediacara biota is critical to our understanding of the dramatic events at the base of the Cambrian. We review here the history of thought and examine new laser images of the holotype of Charnia masoni Ford, 1958 , of the Ediacara biota, in terms of growth and development. Growth and development are argued to provide critical tools for understanding this and other enigmatic fossil groups. We show that Charnia cannot be related to the modern cnidarian group, the sea pens, with which it has for so long been compared, because they have opposite growth polarities. This is shown by our work on material collected by HMS challenger. Recent evolutionary studies also show that sea pens are a highly derived group of actively burrowing cnidarians that are likely to have evolved later than the Palaeozoic. The traditional paradigm of translating Phanerozoic animal phyla back into the Ediacaran is therefore questioned.

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  • Ediacara-type fossils have repeatedly been reported from the Early Palaeozoic, but none of those is comparable with typical Ediacaran vendobionts in structure, symmetry and growth pattern.

    “On the other hand, Ediacara-type fossils have repeatedly been reported from the Early Palaeozoic (Conway Morris, 1993; Jensen, Gehling & Droser, 1998; Samuelson, Van Roy &Vecoli, 2001; Zhang & Babcock, 2001), but none of those is comparable with typical Ediacaran vendobionts in their structure, symmetry and growth pattern (Antcliffe & Brasier, 2008; Zhuravlev et al. 2011).”

    From Chronology of early Cambrian biomineralization (2012) · cites this paper as Antcliffe & Brasier, 2008

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Authors
ANTCLIFFE, J. B., & BRASIER, M. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
Corresponding author
  • ANTCLIFFE, JONATHAN B.
  • BRASIER, MARTIN D.
ORCID
ANTCLIFFE, JONATHAN B.
Venue
Palaeontology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-01
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
11-26
ISSN
  • 0031-0239 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-4983
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00738.x
OpenAlex
W1786743147
Cited by
83
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10
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FWCI
5.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 16 d)
Locations
Palaeontology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Keywords
Ediacaran biota, growth and development, sea pens, Cnidaria, growth polarity, Cambrian explosion, phylogenetic relationships

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