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Charnia grandis

Rangeomorpha - Charniidae

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 Charnia grandis by Jenkins and Gehling (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Charnia masoni by Fedonkin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Rangea grandis Glaessber and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5
1966Rangea grandis Glaessner and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5
1978Charnia grandis Jenkins and Gehling p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
orderRangeomorpha
familyCharniidaeGlaessner 1979
RankNameAuthor
genusCharnia
speciesgrandis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: outer shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-08 07:56:02
Modified: 2009-10-12 12:25:22
Source: g = genus
Reference: Laflamme et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Charnia grandis (80351)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) Rangea grandis (89842)