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The Ediacaran Period ( /iËdiËÃ¦kÉrÉn/), spans 94 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 541 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon. It is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia.
The discovery of the Ediacara fauna demonstrated that a far more complex level of evolution had been achieved during Precambrian time than had been previously thought. Spriggina fossil from the Ediacaran Period, found in the Ediacara Hills of Australia.