Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966

Eumetazoa - Rangeomorpha

Alternative combination: Rangea grandis

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628

Belongs to Charnia according to R. J. F. Jenkins and J. G. Gehling 1978

See also Fedonkin et al. 2007 and Hofmann et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Charnia gracilis, Charnia masoni, Charnia siberica, Pseudovendia charnwoodensis, Shepshedia palmata, Blackbrookia oaksi

Type specimen: P12897

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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