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The 16 pages that link to Ediacaran biota, each with the reason it gives.

• PaleontologyRelated: Their relationships to later animals and other life remain difficult to establish.

• Cambrian explosionCompared with: These older organisms show that complex life preceded the Cambrian diversification.

• PaleobiologyBroader topic: These fossils bear on the early history of complex animal life.

• Snowball EarthRelated: Their appearance after the Marinoan glaciation motivates claims about evolutionary consequences, not proof of the hypothesis.

• AnimalRelated: Some Ediacaran fossils may represent early animals, though their affinities remain debated.

• CambrianNarrower topic: These earlier communities show what preceded the Cambrian’s animal diversification.

• PrecambrianBroader topic: These fossils document complex ecosystems near the Precambrian’s end.

• SpongeRelated: Proposed sponge fossils from these deposits bear on how early animal life began.

• Bilateral symmetryRelated: Some fossils have been proposed as early bilaterians, though their identities and affinities remain debated.

• BilateriaRelated: Some Ediacaran fossils may record early bilaterian forms, though their relationships remain debated.

• ProterozoicBroader topic: These fossils document complex life shortly before the Proterozoic ended.

• Animal evolutionBroader topic: Some Ediacaran fossils may represent early animals or close relatives, but their identities remain debated.

• PaleoenvironmentBroader topic: These fossils provide evidence about ecosystems before the widespread appearance of animals with hard parts.

• NeoproterozoicRelated: These organisms appeared after the Cryogenian glaciations, amid changing oceans and oxygen levels.

• KimberellaRelated: Kimberella is a comparatively mobile animal within this broader and varied fossil record.

• DickinsoniaNarrower topic: Dickinsonia is among the most recognizable forms in this pre-Cambrian assemblage.