Charnia ewinoni Pasinetti et al. 2025

Eumetazoa - Rangeomorpha - Charniidae

Full reference: G. Pasinetti, H. G. Fitzgerald, D. Pérez-Pinedo and D. McIlroy. 2025. A new species of Charnia from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland reveals novel insights on the taxonomy, palaeobiology and palaeoecology of the Charnida (Rangeomorpha). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1):1-24

Belongs to Charnia according to G. Pasinetti et al. 2025

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

Type specimen: NFM-4023, an other. Its type locality is Matthews Surface, which is in an Ediacaran slope siltstone/tuff in the Trepassey Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution: found only at Matthews Surface

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