Acritarchs are organic microfossils, known from the Archean eon of the Precambrian to the present. The classification is a catch all term used to refer to any organic microfossils that cannot be assig
Acritarch from the Weng'an biota c. 570–609 mya
The Ediacaran is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 mil
Acritarch
…Acritarchs A supposed Ediacaran embryo contained within an acritarch from the Doushantuo Formation Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): †Acritarcha Evitt 1963…
The 'golden spike' (bronze disk in the lower section of the image) or 'type section' of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Ediacaran System
The 'golden spike' marking the GSSP
Outcrops of micaschists and marble of the Groupe de Canaveilles [fr] (Ediacaran, c. 580 Ma) in the eastern Pyrenees (commune of Fontpédrouse, France)
Groupe de Canaveilles exposure (Piton de Castell Vidre) in the eastern Pyrenees (commune of Llo, France). 1 - Very silicious schist. 2 - Marble. 3 - Limestone and dolomite. 4 (& inset) - "Barégiennes" (thin, deformed, alternating calcareous/siliceous beds).