| Charniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran
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| Charnia masoni. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Petalonamae |
| Clade: | †Rangeomorpha |
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†Charniidae Glaessner 1979 |
| Type genus | |
| †Charnia Ford, 1958
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Charniidae is a family of rangeomorphs. It is the only non-monotypic family of Rangeomorpha.
Distribution
From the Ediacaran of Australia, Canada, Russia and the United Kingdom, to the Cambrian of Canada.
Taxonomy
The family presents 6 genera:
Gallery
Artists interpretation of the enigmatic Bomakellia kelleri.
Fossil specimen of Charnia masoni.
Artists interpretation of Paracharnia dengyingensis.
