Ediacara
/ɛdɪˈakərə/ /ˌɛdɪəˈkɑːrə/Palaeontology
noun
Attributive Designating or relating to an association of soft-bodied marine organisms of the late Precambrian, known from fossil remains in a sedimentary formation from the Ediacara Hills, South Australia, and also found in other locations worldwide. Especially in Ediacara fauna.
- Although some Ediacaran fossils have been identified with medusoids, soft corals, annelids, and other extant groups, many appear to be unrelated to any known organisms..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From the name of the Ediacara Hills in South Australia.