Bradgatia
Sign in to saveBradgatia is a bush-like Ediacaran fossil, superficially resembling a compressed cabbage in appearance. It has been found in the United Kingdom and Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Bradgatia linfordensis.
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Bradgatia is a bush-like Ediacaran fossil, superficially resembling a compressed cabbage in appearance. It has been found in the United Kingdom and Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Bradgatia linfordensis.
== Discovery and naming == Fossils of Bradgatia were found in the Hallgate Member of the Bradgate Formation, England, United Kingdom in 1994, and formally described and named in 1995.
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