The Ediacaran biota are a mysterious type of life found in the fossil record prior to the Cambrian era, which began about 542 million years ago. They were the first multicellular life forms which left fossils. Paleontologists do not even completely agree on whether or not the Ediacaran biota can even be categorized using the current biological classification scheme.
Emerging about 610 million years ago, the Ediacaran...
What Is the Ediacaran Biota?
