Ust’ Pinega Formation
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The Ust’ Pinega Formation is a geological formation exposed along the banks of the Onega river
in Russia, famed for the vast quantities of fossils of the Ediacara biota
preserved in its ash beds.
Onega River
The Onega is a river in Kargopolsky, Plesetsky, and Onezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. The Onega connects Lake Lacha with the Onega Bay in the White Sea southwest of Arkhangelsk, flowing in the northern direction. The discharge at the source is and at the mouth is . The river is ...
in Russia, famed for the vast quantities of fossils of the Ediacara biota
Ediacara biota
The Ediacara biota consisted of enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped, mostly sessile organisms which lived during the Ediacaran Period . Trace fossils of these organisms have been found worldwide, and represent the earliest known complex multicellular organisms.Simple multicellular organisms such as...
preserved in its ash beds.