Ediacaran

Ediacaran adj. having characteristics of, belonging to, or designating the Precambrian geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era, 600 to 542 million years ago. Also Ediacarian, Vendian, Neoproterozoic III. Etymological Note: < Ediacara Hills of South Australia (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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