Cambrian fossils at Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is a largish island off the coast of South Australia, famous for its wildlife and food. It also has some of the best preserved Ediacaran Cambrian fossils, on a par with the famous Burgess Shale. A report on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s TV show Catalyst recently showcased these, and interviewed my friend Chris Nedin as well as his colleagues Jim Gehling and Diego Garcia. Chris is the guy shown on the preview of the video. You can view the report on video, or read the transcript, courtesy of the ABC.

Here’s a pic of Nedin showing us where the Ediacaran period starts, when he and I and friends Ian Musgrave and Jim Foley took a trip through the Flinders Ranges a few years back. He’s way too fit, from his years of climbing shale cliffs (like he made us do on that trip).

D’oh!: I should have said Cambrian not Ediacaran. I’m sorry, I have a cold.