Giant steps
It is not known how and to what extent Ediacaran animals are related to modern animals. Some of the Ediacaran species resembled jellyfish, worms and corals; but others had no similarity to any animals that exist today.
Modern comb jellyfish.
Photo: Matt Wilson/Jay Clark, NOAA NMFS AFSC
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Perhaps the oldest known fossil of an animal? A comb jellyfish discovered in China and is ca. 550-580 million years old.
Photo: Tang et al, Chinese Academy
of Geological Sciences Beijing
Reconstruction of the comb jellyfish above.
Image: Javier Herbozo
Fossils and Evolution
This is part of the exhibition Fossils and Evolution at the Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
