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Evidence suggesting that a mass extinction occurred at the end of the Ediacaran period, , includes: *A mass extinction of acritarchs *The sudden disappearance of the Ediacara biota and calcifying organisms; *The time gap before Cambrian organisms "replaced" them. ==Pre-Ediacaran organisms== During the Ediacaran period, two main groups of organisms are found in the fossil record: the "Ediacara biota" of soft-bodied organisms, preserved by microbial mats; and calcifying organisms such as ''Cloudina'' and ''Namacalathus'', which had a carbonate skeleton. Because ''both ''these groups disappear abruptly at the end of the Ediacaran period, , their disappearance cannot simply represent the closure of a preservational window, as had previously been suspected.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「End-Ediacaran extinction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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