Ediacaran

/ (ˌiːdiːˈækərən) /

adjective

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

the Ediacaran the Ediacaran period or rock system

Word Origin for Ediacaran

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

Scientific definitions for ediacaran

Ediacaran
[ ē′dē-äkə-rən ]

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.