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Charnia

Charnia logo #21000 Charnia is the genus name given to a frond-like Ediacaran lifeform with segmented ridges branching alternately to the right and left from a zig-zag medial suture. The genus Charnia was named after Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England, where the first fossilised specimen was found. The living organism was a type of fractal life form that gre...
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Charnia

Charnia logo #21003(from the article `Longmyndian`) Charnian sedimentary rocks contain impressions of a Precambrian organism known as Charnia; these are especially prominent in the higher levels of the ...
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