Sir David, who was in Adelaide on Tuesday to present his live show A Quest for Life, said the Spriggina’s fame and importance made it a “very fitting” emblem. “The Spriggina is one of the first known ...

The man who first documented Ediacara fossils, the late Dr Reg Sprigg, is again being recognised, with South Australia's first state fossil emblem named after him. But it was not an easy road for him ...

Object Details Geologic Age Neoproterozoic - Ediacaran Record Last Modified 13 Jun 2022 USNM Number PAL534260 Place South Australia, Australia, Oceania Published Name Spriggina floundersi Glaessner, ...

MEET the Spriggina. It’s 550 million years old, has its own song, and may have been the first intelligent life on Earth. Now it’s been appointed to a new SA honour — much to Sir David Attenborough’s ...

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