Ediacaran Period

542-635 million years ago.

 

Maps

The world, Ediacaran, 560 Ma, Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History, NAU

North America, Ediacaran, 550 Ma, Paleogeography and Geologic Evolution of North America, NAU

 

General

Ediacaran, Palæos

Ediacaran, Wikipedia

 

Life in the Ediacaran

Ediacara biota, Wikipedia

Doushantuo formation, Wikipedia

List of Ediacaran genera, Wikipedia

Ediacaran life, Palæos

 

Events during the Ediacaran

End of the Marinoan glaciation and the snowball earth of the Cryogenian Period.

Formation of the supercontinent Pannotia.

Pan-African orogeny, the formation of many African mountains.

Cadomian Orogeny in what is today Europe.

Gaskiers glaciation occurs.

Acraman crater impact event.

Söderfjärden impact event.

Holleford crater impact event.

Proto-Tethys Ocean forms.

First formation of Gondwana.

Proto-Laurasia rifts apart. Iapetus Ocean forms.

Sääksjärvi impact event.

End-Ediacaran extinction, Wikipedia.

 

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