Ediacaran

/ ˌiːdiːˈækərən /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or formed in the last 50 million years of the Neoproterozoic era, during which a new texturally and chemically distinctive carbonate layer appeared, indicating climatic change

noun

1. the Ediacaran
   the Ediacaran period or rock system

Ediacaran

/ ē′dē-ä′kə-rən /

1. Relating to a group of fossilized organisms that are the earliest known remains of multicellular life. They are soft-bodied marine life forms that date from between 560 and 545 million years ago, during the late Precambrian Eon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ediacaran¹

C20: named after the Ediacara Hills in the Flinders mountain range in South Australia