Discovery of new life forms from the Cambrian period

[Justo Miranda]

Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils

Curtin-led research has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils of complex multicellular life in the world, helping to track a pivotal moment in the history of Earth when the seas began teeming with new lifeforms—after 4 billion years of containing only single-celled microbes.

phys.org

 

[Apophenia]

Note, these fossils are actually Ediacaran in age - so, some 20 million years before the 'Cambrian explosion'.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Note, these fossils are actually Ediacaran in age - so, some 20 million years before the 'Cambrian explosion'.

Ediacara

 

[Archibald]

That opabinia with all the eyes looks like the ancestor of The Simpsons infamous three-eyed-fish. LMAO.

 

[Michel Van]

This is fantastic news

The Ediacaran fossils are rare
most were found at Ediacara Hills in South Australia.
i hope that Welch discovery give new insight into Ediacara
And the era before the 'Cambrian explosion'

 

[Justo Miranda]

https://paleozoo.com.au/hallucigenia.php

 

[Apophenia]

This is fantastic news

The Ediacaran fossils are rare
most were found at Ediacara Hills in South Australia.
i hope that Welch discovery give new insight into Ediacara
And the era before the 'Cambrian explosion'

Yup, very cool stuff. Some excellent Ediacaran casts on Mistaken Point in SE Newfoundland too.

Of course, the very first Ediacaran fossils were found by school children in the Charnwood Forest of Leicestershire ... around 175 km ENE of the Coed Cochion Quarry site in Carmarthenshire.

-- https://paleozoo.com.au/charnia.php
-- http://www.ediacaran.org/charnwood-uk.html
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacaran_biota