Mawsonites
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mawsonites-203-10474030
title:
Mawsonites
text:
Mawsonites is a fossil genus dating to the Ediacaran Period from 635 – 539 million years ago during the Precambrian era. The fossils consist of a rounded diamond shape, made up from lobes radiating out from a central circle roughly 12 cm in diameter. There are about 19 radiations from the central circle. The type species is Mawsonites spriggi, named after Douglas Mawson, and Reg Sprigg. It was named by Martin Glaessner and Mary Wade in 1966. Its biological affinities were called into question am
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Fossil genus of uncertain placement
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsonites
date created:
2006-05-09T09:15:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T21:12:45Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16