Ediacara Hills

Ediacara Hills /iːdiːˈækərə/ are a range of low hills in the northern part of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, around 650 kilometres (400 mi) north of Adelaide. The area has many old copper and silver mines from mining activity during the late 19th century. The hills also contain fossils of early multicellular life forms, the Ediacaran biota (lagerstätte), and have given their name to the Ediacaran geological period.

There are other places on earth that have Ediacaran era fossils including localities in Newfoundland alongside the Atlantic Ocean.

There is a settlement named Ediacara in the Ediacara Hills region, but it is small. Due to the placement of the hills with respect to the Goyder Line, there is not much surface water and limited ground water.

There are two separate fossil sites within the region which have been granted heritage protection: the Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena is listed on the Australian National Heritage List, while the Ediacara Fossil Reserve Palaeontological Site, 20 km to its north, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

The name "Ediacara" has a disputed origin from one of the Aboriginal languages near the Flinders Range area. It is first known to have been used during the middle of the 19th century. Earlier Australian sources suggested that the "name ‘Ediacara’ or ‘Idiyakra’ may be derived from an Indigenous term associating it with a place near water."

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