I was once believed that these rocks were far too old to contain fossils of any sort, however the first specimen of Charnia was discovered here, it was an isolated find, it measured 20 cm. it had a frond shape , and looked much like a segmented fern. ... This enabled the organism to grow larger than bodys we had seen before in the fossil record. ... The fossils were preserved in great detail between the red clay and the microbial mats of the ocean floors. ... Behind the fossil we found overlapping circular imprints where the organismin was feeding on the microbial mats . it is presumed it had ...

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