Charnia gracilis Wu et al. 2024

Eumetazoa - Rangeomorpha

Synonyms: Rangea siberica Sokolov 1972, Rangea sibirica Sokolov 1972

Full reference: C. Wu, K. Pang, Z. Chen, X. Wang, C. Zhou, B. Wan, X. Yuan and S. Xiao. 2024. The rangeomorph fossil Charnia from the Ediacaran Shibantan biota in the Yangtze Gorges area, South China. Journal of Paleontology 98(2):232-248

Belongs to Charnia according to C. Wu et al. 2025

See also Fedonkin et al. 2007, Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Wu et al. 2024

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

Type specimens:

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Poundian of China (1 collection)

• Ediacaran of China (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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