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Charnia grandis
Taxonomy
Rangea grandis was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966) [DISTRIBUTION: Ediacaran; North America.]. Its type specimen is P12897 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Glaessnerina grandis by Glaessner and Wade (1966) and Germs (1973); it was recombined as Charnia grandis by Jenkins and Gehling (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Charnia masoni by Fedonkin et al. (2007), Wu et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Glaessnerina grandis by Glaessner and Wade (1966) and Germs (1973); it was recombined as Charnia grandis by Jenkins and Gehling (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Charnia masoni by Fedonkin et al. (2007), Wu et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Rangea grandis Glaessber and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5 |
| 1966 | Glaessnerina grandis Glaessner and Wade |
| 1966 | Rangea grandis Glaessner and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5 |
| 1973 | Glaessnerina grandis Germs p. 5 fig. 1D |
| 1978 | Charnia grandis Jenkins and Gehling p. 16 |
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†Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Reference: Laflamme et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ediacaran | United Kingdom (England) | Charnia grandis (236883) | |
| Ediacaran | Australia (South Australia) | Rangea grandis (type locality: 89842) | |
| Ediacaran | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Charnia grandis (80351) |