Eumetazoa - Rangeomorpha - Charniidae
Full reference: H. E. Boynton and T. D. Ford. 1995. Ediacaran fossils from the Precambrian (Charnian Supergroup) of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Mercian Geologist 13:165-182
Belongs to Shepshedia according to H. E. Boynton and T. D. Ford 1995
Sister taxa: Charnia ewinoni, Charnia gracilis, Charnia grandis, Charnia masoni, Charnia siberica, Blackbrookia oaksi, Pseudovendia charnwoodensis
Type specimen: G34/1994. Its type locality is Ives Head, near Shepshed, which is in an Ediacaran basinal (siliceous) sandstone in the Ives Head Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal osmotroph
Distribution: found only at Ives Head, near Shepshed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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