Deep TimeLife & Evolution Ediacaran biota 575 million years agoMajor Soft-bodied, often frond- or disc-shaped organisms spread across the seafloor. They are the oldest large, complex organisms in the fossil record, just before the Cambrian. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Ediacaran biota Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comEdiacara fauna (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickBookMark A. S. McMenaminThe Garden of Ediacara ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeEdiacaran biota explained ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubefirst complex life Ediacara fossils ↗Editor's pick