First Animals

Описание: The Ediacara creatures offer a glimpse into the dawn of complex life on Earth. The oldest and most spectacular assemblage of these fossils – the Mistaken Point assemblage (580 to 560 million years old) – is preserved in Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve in Newfoundland. The Reserve is the best place in the world where you can view a 565-million-year-old sea floor that accurately preserves the ecology of these ancient deep-sea communities.

In the video you will meet Dr. Rod Taylor. He is currently working on rangeomorph evolution and taxonomy among Ediacaran fossils from Eastern Newfoundland (Mistaken Point, Spaniard’s Bay and the Bonavista Peninsula).