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this fossil site is located at the south-eastern tip of the island of newfoundland, in eastern canada. it consists of a narrow, 17 km-long strip of rugged coastal cliffs. of deep marine origin, these cliffs date to the ediacaran period (580-560 million years ago), representing the oldest known assemblages of large fossils anywhere. these fossils illustrate a watershed in the history of life on earth: the appearance of large, biologically complex organisms, after almost three billion years of micro-dominated evolution. |
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