What is "rangea"

Rangea is a frond-like Ediacaran fossil with six-fold radial symmetry. It is the type species of the rangeomorphs.

A total of six species have been described, but only the type species Rangea schneiderhoehoni is considered valid:

• R. brevior Gürich 1933 = R. schneiderhoehoni.
• R. arborea Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Charniodiscus arboreus.
• R. grandis Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Glassnerina grandis = Charnia massoni.
• R. longa Glaessner et Wade, 1966 = Charniodiscus longus.
• R. sibirica Sokolov, 1972 = Charnia sibirica = Charnia massoni.

Rangea schneiderhoehoni fossils has been found in the Kanies and Kliphoek Members of the Dabis Formation and in the Niederhagen Member of the Nudaus Formation, Namibia. This deposits dated around 548 Myr. Also, Rangea fossils has been reported from the Ediacaran deposits of Arkhangelsk region, Russia and in Australia. These fossils have an age around 558-555 Myr.

Rangea seems to have rested upon the seabed.