580.00 MILLION YEARS AGO - 543.00 MILLION YEARS AGO : Ediacaran Animals Flourish

Ediacaran Animals Flourish

        A distinctive group of animals live in shallow seas at the end of the Proterozoic Eon. Called Ediacaran fauna, these animals have soft bodies, and are for the most part unlike later life forms. A few are recognizable sponges and anemones.

Model of Kimberella

Fossil cast of Kimberella

Model of Charnia

Fossil cast of Charnia

Model of Tribrachidium

Fossil cast of Tribrachidium

Model of Spriggina

Fossil cast of Spriggina

Model of Panvancorina

Fossil cast of Panvancorina

Model of Dickinsonia

Fossil cast of Dickinsonia