#African #FossilFriday

#Namibia 🇳🇦 has yielded many #fossils of #Ediacarans, ~600 million year old #organisms that shed light on the early #evolution of #animals. One iconic #Ediacaran, #Rangea, was first described from Namibia, where a few #specimens are preserved in #3D, giving an idea of what this #ancient #enigma might have looked like when alive.

Photo from Vickers-Rich et al., 2013 (co-authored by members of the #Namibian #Geological Survey)

https://doi.org/10.1666/12-074R.1

Reconstructing Rangea: new discoveries from the Ediacaran of southern Namibia | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Reconstructing Rangea: new discoveries from the Ediacaran of southern Namibia - Volume 87 Issue 1

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