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Ediacara may refer to: Places * Ediacara, South Australia, a locality in South Australia * Ediacara Hills, a range of hills in the northern Flinders Ranges , South Australia * Nilpena Ediacara National Park, formerly Ediacara Conservation Park, South Australia Other * ''Ediacaria'', discoidal fossil animal once thought to be a jellyfish * The Ediacaran geological time period, named after the Ediacara Hills * The Ediacaran biota The Ediacaran (; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth during the Ediacaran Period (). These were enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped, mostly sessile, organis ...

Ediacara, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Ediacara is a locality in the state of South Australia, located about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about to the south west of the town of Leigh Creek. It includes the Nilpena Ediacara National Park, and the Ediacara Hills, which lie within that park. History The area has a history of mining, first reported in 1888. An area became known as the Ediacara Mines after more costeans were dug. Attempts to mine the area were carried out as recently as 1967 by C.R.A. Exploration, which used diamond drilling to explore the ground, but this was abandoned after they proved fruitless. As of 2012, the area was still able to be accessed for "licensed mineral exploration or mining activities". The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to "the long established local name". Its name is derived from the use of "Ediacara" in the names of features such as Ediacara Range. Location and description The locality of Ediacara is located about north of the ...
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Ediacara Hills
Ediacara Hills ( ), also known as Ediacaran Hills, are a range of low hills in the northern part of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, around north of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. They are within the Nilpena Ediacara National Park. The hills are known for being the location where significant trace fossils of Ediacaran biota, a group of previously unknown lifeforms were discovered, and have given their name to the geological period known as the Ediacaran. Mining The area has many old copper and silver mines from mining activity during the late 19th century. Mining was first reported there in 1888, with an area becoming known as the Ediacara Mines after more costeans were dug. Attempts to mine the area were carried out as recently as 1967 by C.R.A. Exploration, which used diamond drilling to explore the ground, but this was abandoned after they proved fruitless. As of 2012, the area was still able to be accessed for "licensed mineral exploration o ...
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Nilpena Ediacara National Park
__NOTOC__ Nilpena Ediacara National Park, which includes the former Ediacara Conservation Park, is a protected area located in the northern Flinders Ranges, in the state of South Australia. It is located about around north of Adelaide city centre, the city of Adelaide, around south-west of the town of Leigh Creek, South Australia, Leigh Creek in the state's Far North (South Australia), Far North. The national park, which includes the Ediacara Hills and covers , was proclaimed in June 2021, and opened in April 2023. It is famous for its fossil beds, and of major significance to the bid for UNESCO World Heritage Listing for the Flinders Ranges. History Fossils Geologist Reg Sprigg discovered fossils in the Ediacara Hills in 1946. The first evidence of an animal with a head was among these fossils, and is unique to the Flinders Ranges. It was named Spriggina, after Sprigg. There is a theory that ''Ediacara'' is derived from the Adnyamathanha language name "''Ithiaka-na-danha'' ...
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Ediacaria
''Ediacaria'' is a ''nomen dubium'' fossil genus dating to the Ediacaran Period of the Neoproterozoic Era. Unlike most Ediacaran biota, which disappeared almost entirely from the fossil record at the end of the Period, ''Ediacaria'' fossils have been found dating from the Baikalian age (850–650 Ma) of the Upper Riphean to 501 million years ago, well into the Cambrian Period. ''Ediacaria'' consists of concentric rough circles, radial lines between the circles and a central dome, with a diameter from 1 to 70 cm. Systematics and taxonomy ''Ediacaria'' was named by Reg Sprigg in 1947, after the Ediacara Hills in South Australia. Two species are recognised: ''E. flindersi'', described by Sprigg from the Pound Quartzite in the Ediacara Hills, and ''E. booleyi'', described in 1995 from a Late Cambrian deposit at Booley Bay (County Wexford), Ireland. The species were named after the Flinders Ranges and Booley Bay, respectively. ''Ediacaria'' is possibly a synonym for '' ...
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Ediacaran
The Ediacaran ( ) is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic geologic era, Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period at 635 Million years ago, Mya to the beginning of the Cambrian Period at 538.8 Mya. It is the last period of the Proterozoic geologic eon, Eon as well as the last of the so-called "Precambrian supereon", before the beginning of the subsequent Cambrian Period marks the start of the Phanerozoic Eon, where recognizable fossil evidence of life becomes common. The Ediacaran Period is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where trace fossils of a diverse community of previously unrecognized lifeforms (later named the Ediacaran biota) were first discovered by geologist Reg Sprigg in 1946. Its status as an official geological period was ratified in 2004 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), making it the first new geological period declared in 120 years. Although the period took namesake from the Ediacara Hills ...
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