Biology:Bradgatia
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| A reconstruction of Bradgatia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | †Rangeomorpha
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| Genus: | †Bradgatia Boynton & Ford, 1995
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| Species: | †B. linfordensis
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| Bradgatia linfordensis Boynton & Ford, 1995
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Bradgatia linfordensis is a bush-like Ediacaran fossil. It consists of six or more fronds radiating from a central anchor point at the base. It superficially resembles a compressed cabbage in appearance, although in reality it had a more intricate, fractal mode of organisation. When multiple fossils are found together they are regularly spaced out rather than randomly distributed. It dominates the ecosystem at 8 to 22 cm above the mud surface at the bottom the sea where it grew. It was over-towered by Charnia and Charniodiscus which grew nearby.
Bradgatia has been found in Charnwood Forest in England , at Mistaken Point and Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland and also in British Columbia. These fossils are dated from 565 to 575 mya. It was described by Helen Boynton & Ford in 1995 who published in Ediacaran fossils from the Precambrian (Charnian Supergroup) of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Mercian Geol 13 (4) March: 178 [Zoological Record Volume 132]. It was named after Bradgate Park.
See also
References
- Matthew E. Clapham; Guy M. Narbonne; Gehling, James G. (2003). "Paleoecology of the Oldest Known Animal Communities: Ediacaran Assemblages at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland". Paleobiology 29 (4): 527–544. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0527:POTOKA>2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original on 2005-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20051214225208/http://geol.queensu.ca/people/narbonne/ClaphamNarbonneGehlingPaleobiology.pdf.
- Boynton, H. E. (2001). "A Very Large Bradgatia Fossil". Mercian Geologist 15: 130–131.
Wikidata ☰ Q3643514 entry
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