Ediacaran biota: first large animals
Biota de Ediacara: primeros animales grandes
- Date
- c. 575–539 Ma · confidence medium
- Place
- Ediacara Hills, South Australia, Australia
- Credited to
- Natural event
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Soft-bodied organisms up to a metre long, such as Dickinsonia, appear on the sea floor after the glaciations: the first large, complex multicellular beings.
Planetary event (F5), verified against sources on 25-09-2026.
What it led to
- Cambrian explosion