Super-traits of Ediacaran organisms ~ (580-560 Ma)

目前还不清楚哪些生物学特征或特征是影响埃迪卡拉纲分类群相互作用的关键。这个项目将重点放在埃迪卡拉支系Rangeoma上，它展示了埃迪卡拉人特有的“分形式”解剖结构，使它们的表面积最大化。由于标本高度和种群高度分布不支配群落动态，与先前的假设(Mitchell和Kenchington 2018)相反，需要考虑其他指标。这个项目将调查哪些形态特征，如分枝特征，与它们的生态动态相关，以确定埃迪卡拉生物的关键特征是什么。

It is currently not clear which biological characters or traits are key to influencing taxon interactions in the Ediacaran. This project will focus on the Ediacaran clade Rangeomorpha, which exhibit a "fractal-like" anatomy unique to the Ediacaran, which maximise their surface areas. Since specimen height and population height distributions do not govern community dynamics, contrary to prior hypotheses (Mitchell and Kenchington 2018) other metrics need to be considered. This project will investigate which morphological traits, such as branching characters, correlate with their ecological dynamics to determine what are the key traits of Ediacaran organisms.