· by dmcediacaran.bsky.social ·1d ago · view on bsky.app ↗

Happy #FossilFriday! this week I am sharing a couple of images of the same fossil. #Charniodiscus procerus from the #Ediacaran at Mistaken Point in #Newfoundland. this specimen was alway enigmatic and difficult to classify until one day we saw it in late Fall light & its architecture popped out …

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Charniodiscus procerus from the D Surface at Mistaken point. plaster cast is ideal lighting

#charniodiscus #ediacaran #fossilfriday #newfoundland

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Duncan McIlroy · 9 · 1d ago

We had not long before realized that the holotype of Charniodiscus was likely furled like a wind-sock in life, then on death the branches folded out. The new lighting showed that this specimen was a (tectonically shortened) C. procerus showing the same body plan. you can read about it for free…

Duncan McIlroy · 4 · 1d ago

here doi.org/10.3389/fear... Lighting is everything when studying these fossils, which is why we make casts and molds to control the lighting.