@dmcediacaran.bsky.socialThis #FossilFriday is brought to you by the #Ediacaran animals of #Newfoundland. The oldest staurozoan cnidarian #Mamsetia manunis, its younger better preserved cousin #Haootia quadriformis and the 551 Ma stem #ctenophore #Edrathina obditchia alongside the candidate poriferans Thectardis & Lydonia.
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@evolutionsoup.bsky.socialAnimals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests
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#evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #ediacaran
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@egmitchell.bsky.socialWrapping up a fantastic field season #laserscanning #Ediacaran fossils in Newfoundland @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social and Mistaken Point. Our 10th year of laser scanning 🥳
@dmcediacaran.bsky.social#FossilFriday this week is brought to you by the paratypes of #Edrathina from the #InnerMeadow lagerstätte. Both #Ediacaran aged fossils have fallen atop #rangeomorph fossils meaning part of the calyx of both was not impressed onto the seafloor. This kind of evidence suggests an upright life habit.
@achird.bsky.socialAlienum velamenus reconstruction
took some creative liberties with the width of the body, gills, and interpreted the fossil as having a flat tail for swimming.
#art #digitalart #sciart #paleoart #vetulicolia #precambrian #ediacaran
@deeptimeecology.bsky.socialFantastic day #laserScanning the fantastic #Ediacaran fossil Fractofusus on the Johnson Surface @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social 🤩❤️
@dmcediacaran.bsky.socialWe names the #Ediacaran #Edrathina obditchia from #InnerMeadow after we had decided it was a stem ctenophore. Ctenophores are also known as comb-jellies. Following recent convention we have used Beothuk words for naming.
Edrathin means comb & Obditch means beast. So the name means “comb beast”
@egmitchell.bsky.socialFantastic day out #laserScanning @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social #Ediacaran fossils from 565 million years ago! Collecting data for our @erc.europa.eu research grant understanding selection in Ediacaran early animals 😀
@dmcediacaran.bsky.socialFor #FossilFriday this week how about a completely new #Ediacaran? This beauty was discovered by my Masters student Heléna Muirhead-Hunt. It has a calyx not a stem, six stiff, inwardly curved tentacle like arms with pinnules. We should be able to share its name & inferred affinity later today 👀
@dmcediacaran.bsky.socialThis #FossilFriday I wanted to share a teaser for some work coming out this week on how best to go about retrodeforming our #Ediacaran fossils here in Newfoundland. These are from another new fossil site with a lot of tectonic compression that changes the appearance of the fossils needing retrodef.
