Ediacara Hills

Japanese: エディアカラヒルズ - えでぃあからひるず
Ediacara Hills

…the Ediacara fauna is found in the Ediacara Hills, about 500 km north of Adelaide in South Australia. In 1947, RC Sprigg discovered jellyfish fossils in the Pound Cay rock formation there. Since then, more than 1,400 metazoan fossils have been collected, and the Ediacara fauna was named by MF Glessner and others.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ediacara Hills" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南オーストラリアのアデレードの北,約500kmのエディアカラヒルズに産する先カンブリア時代末期の動物群。1947年に,そこに分布するパウンドケイ岩層からR.C.スプリッグによってクラゲの化石が発見されたのに始まって,現在では1400個体をこす後生動物の化石が採集され,M.F.グレッスナーらによって,エディアカラ動物群と命名された。…

※「エディアカラヒルズ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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