Described from six frondose specimens (including the holotype specimen) from one locality. Species is named after the schoolboy who originally found the specimens and brought them to the attention of the author, Roger Mason. The author suggests that Charnia masoni may have been originally attached to the discoidal fossil Charniodiscus concentricus, also described for the first time in this publication. His sketch of the inferred relationship is provided (p. 212, Pl. 13, fig. 3), and he interprets Charnia masoni as "an algal frond".
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Full reference: T. D. Ford. 1958. Pre-Cambrian fossils from Charnwood Forest. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(3):211-217
Belongs to Charnia according to M. D. Brasier et al. 2012
See also Hofmann et al. 2008 and Laflamme et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Charnia gracilis, Charnia grandis, Charnia siberica, Pseudovendia charnwoodensis, Shepshedia palmata, Blackbrookia oaksi
Type specimen: Department of Geology, University of Leicester, No2382, an other (Frond).
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Poundian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Ediacaran of Canada (20: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia), China (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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