In search of the kingdom's Ediacarans: the first genuine Metazoans (macroscopic body and trace fossils) from the Neoproterozoic Jibalah Group (Vendian/Ediacaran) on the Arabian Shield

• Main Authors: Vickers-Rich, Patricia, Ivantsov, Andrei, Kattan, Fayek H., Johnson, Peter R., Al Qubsani, Ashraf, Kashghari, Wadee, Leonov, Maxim, Rich, Thomas, Linnemann, Ulf, Hofmann, Mandy, Trusler, Peter, Smith, Jeff, Yazedi, Abdullah, Rich, Ben, Al Garni, Saad M., Shamari, Abdulla, Al Barakati, Adeeb, Al Kaff, Mohammad H.
• Other Authors: Swinburne University of Technology
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2013
• Subjects: Newfoundland; White Sea; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/435354

Ediacarans make up the oldest known truly diverse metazoan assemblages and are known globally. However, few sites have produced abundant fossils, and until recently such fossils were unknown in Arabia. Generally restricted to the late Neoproterozoic, the best known assemblages occur in China, Newfou...