Australian Rancher Succeeds in Decades-Long Quest to Protect Ediacaran Fossils

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This Australian farmer is saving fossils of some 

of the planet’s weirdest, most ancient creatures

By Elizabeth Finkel, Science, Mar. 28, 2019

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/australian-farmer-saving-fossils-some-planet-s-weirdest-most-ancient-creatures

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[DPS Ammonite]

Great article. The fossils hopefully will be preserved. 

 

I found it interesting that the article described the Ediacaran as a peaceful kingdom with no predators. If you were a bacterial mat then you and I would disagree. 

 

“Droser and Gehling have published more than 40 papers describing a peaceful, predator-free community where segmented creatures such as the pancake-shaped Dickinsonia—up to a meter long—and mollusklike Kimberella  grazed on slimy bacterial mats...”