Charniodiscus Ford 1958

Arboreomorpha

Full reference: T. D. Ford. 1958. Pre-Cambrian fossils from Charnwood Forest. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(3):211-217

Parent taxon: Arboreomorpha according to D. H. Erwin et al. 2011

See also Hofmann et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arborea, Khatyspytia, Vaizitsinia

Subtaxa: Charniodiscus concentricus Charniodiscus oppositus Charniodiscus procerus Charniodiscus yorgensis

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Type: Charniodiscus concentricus

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal osmotroph-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Wonokan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections)

• Ediacaran of Australia (9), Brazil (1), Canada (22: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia), China (2), India (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (4)

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 53 collections including 54 occurrences

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