A Fungal Analog for Newfoundland Ediacaran Fossils?1

We propose that some of the more conspicuous Ediacaran fossils from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, including Aspidella, Charnia, and Charniodiscus, were biologically similar to members of the Kingdom Fungi. These organisms were multicellular or multinuclear, lived below the photic zone, could...

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Published in:Integrative and Comparative Biology
Main Authors: Kevin J. Peterson, Ben Waggoner, James W. Hagadorn
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2003
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/43.1.127