White Sea assemblage

White Sea Assemblage
Kimberella fossil from the Ustʹ Pinega Formation near the White Sea in Russia.
Chronology
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Second pulse of the end-Ediacaran extinction
First pulse of the end-Ediacaran extinction
Shuram excursion reaches its peak
Stratigraphic scale of the ICS subdivisions and Ediacaran biotic assmblages
Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago

The White Sea assemblage, also known as the Ediacaran assemblage, was the second of the three Late Ediacaran biotic assemblages of fossils, following the Avalon assemblage and preceding the Nama assemblage.