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Ediacara Hills

hills, South Australia, Australia

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occurrence of Ediacara fauna

  • Spriggina fossil
    In Ediacara fauna: Discoveries and analysis

    …occurrence is in South Australia’s Ediacara Hills, where more than 1,500 well-preserved specimens have been collected. The Ediacara Hills are part of the Flinders Range and are located 650 km (about 400 miles) north of Adelaide. More than 60 species representing about 30 genera have been defined from the fossils…

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  • geologic time
    In Precambrian: Ediacaran fossils

    The type locality is the Ediacara Hills in South Australia, where over 1,500 well-preserved specimens have been collected, resulting in the naming of more than 60 species and 30 genera. They occur in a quartzite that is stratigraphically situated some 500 metres (1,600 feet) below the base of the Cambrian…

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  • Proterozoic Eon
    In Ediacaran Period

    …period, was named for the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where a large group of early metazoans that required atmospheric oxygen for growth was discovered in 1946. The Ediacara fauna is thought to have first appeared more than 600 million years ago, sometime after the conclusion of the Marinoan glaciation,…

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