This #FossilFriday we have wrapped up a wonderful field season in Newfoundland on #Ediacaran life - here are some tiny #Fractofusus for #FractofususFriday from Mistaken Point

#Fractofusus is the most common organism at many of the #Ediacaran fossil sites in #Newfoundland, and it's also one of the best preserved. Here we can see the complex branching they possessed, preserved in exquisite detail.

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This #FossilFriday, we go back to the #Ediacaran with #Fractofusus. This image shows several specimens of different size, orientation and levels of detail preserved. The darker sections represent the overlying ash bed that preserved these organisms in such exquisite detail. #fractofususfriday

This #FossilFriday: myself and a recent student looking at #Fractofusus up close at #MistakenPoint, working out branching details in a particularly well-preserved specimen. Thanks to @dmcediacaran.bsky.social for the photo. :) #FractofususFriday

This #FossilFriday, let’s also celebrate #FractofususFriday! Here’s a cast of several #Fractofusus specimens growing around (and likely absorbing nutrients from) a large mass of decaying tissue on the #Ediacaran sea floor. From Mistaken Point, #Newfoundland.

I've not posted for #FossilFriday for a few weeks, so let's get back to it with #FractofususFriday! This #Ediacaran beastie from Mistaken Point, #Newfoundland, possessed some very complex branching, as highlighted in this close-up image (courtesy of CBC.ca).

It's #FossilFriday! Here's the #Ediacaran E surface at #MistakenPoint in #Newfoundland, showing two curved #Fractofusus misrai and an #Arborea spinosa. The top right & bottom edges show the overlying ash that buried these animals, preserving them for half a billion years! #FractofususFriday

When the sunlight is at just the right angle the #Ediacaran fossils at Mistaken Point, #Newfoundland, almost seem to jump off of the surface. It’s a truly magnificent sight (and site!) to behold.

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This #FossilFriday, a magnificent specimen of Arborea spinosa (formerly Charniodiscus spinosus) from the 565 million year old #Ediacaran deposits at Mistaken Point, #Newfoundland. And yes, those are Fractofusus misrai specimens around its margins. 😃 #FractofususFriday

This #FossilFriday, it's an #Edicaran tangle from Mistaken Point! The disc at the base of this Arborea spinosa is unusually large given the size of the frond; there are also several Fractofusus here, as well as a Thectardis and a small Plumeropriscum. Happy Friday! #FractofususFriday

The Fractofusus fossils are very crisp, so probably alive when something lay over them, not taphomorphs live ivesheadia. Very intriguing! spotted by @FossilRod who likely would wish you happy #FractofususFriday his Fractofusus work is open access here doi.org/10.1017/S00167…