Zusammenfassung
Ediacara-Fossilien sind typisch für viele Sedimente aus dem jüngsten Proterozoikum (600 bis 555 millionen Jahre vor heute). Sie finden aus zwei Gründen weithin Beachtung. Erstens scheinen die Organismen Weichkörper ohne jedes Skelett gehabt zu haben. Trotzdem sind ihre Fossilien weltweit verbreitet und an einigen Fundstellen häufig. Die Taphonomie der Ediacara-Fossilien ist daher ein Rätsel. In gewisser Weise erinnert ihre Erhaltung an die von Spuren-Fossilien; besonrs ähnlich sind sie den Oberflächen-Spuren (Hypichnia). Andererseits gibt es einige Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen der Erhaltung der Ediacara-Fossilien und der weichkörperiger Tiere in phanerozoischen Sedimenten. Wenigstens schliessen diese beiden Arten von Fossil-Erhaltung einander nicht aus. Im Ober-Devon des Staates New York zum Beispiel kommen grosse, Echinodermen-artige (Clarke 1900, Friend 1995) und rätselhafte wurmförmige (Clarke 1903, eigene unveröffentlichte Beobachtungen) Organismen vor, die in feinkörnigen Sandsteinen in ähnlicher Weise erhalten sind wie einige der Ediacara-Vorkommen.
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Morris, S.C. (2000). Fossilien vom Typ der Ediacara (Vendium, jüngstes Proterozoikum) in Europa. In: Meischner, D. (eds) Europäische Fossillagerstätten. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57198-5_2
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