Period Ediacaran Period

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First complex multicellular animals (635-539 Ma).

635.00 Ma – 538.80 Ma · 96.20 Ma duration

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Ediacaran Period 2

600 Ma – 550 Ma Gondwana Begins Assembling Southern supercontinent forms Components of future Gondwana come together as Rodinia breaks apart.
575 Ma First Animals Ediacaran biota appear First unambiguous multicellular animals — soft-bodied Dickinsonia and Charnia, preserved as seafloor impressions.

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