# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Public lecture: The First Extinction of Animals: The story from the Ediacaran at Inner Meadow, CBN
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-02:30)
- **Event Description**: Come join us at the Johnson Geo Centre for a presentation by Prof. Duncan McIlroy, head of the MUNpaleobiology research group at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Ediacaran fossils of eastern Newfoundland are critical to our understanding of the earliest complex macroorganisms.  It is widely accepted that the complex fractal-like organisms of this Avalon Assemblage went extinct before 560 million years ago, to be succeeded by other early animal groups (and extinctions!) before the Cambrian Explosion 538 million years ago.

Research at the Inner Meadow fossil site is improving our understanding of extinction in the Ediacaran. This presentation will reveal the full diversity and stunning preservation quality of fossils at the site, its importance on our understanding of evolution/extinction in the Ediacaran, and explore plans for its conservation and protection.

Replicas of many of the fossils seen at Inner Meadow will be on display after the talk.

Admission by optional donation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-johns/public-lecture-the-first-extinction-of-animals-the-story-from-the-ediacaran-at-inner-meadow-cbn/200029855825459
- **Event Categories**: Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: St. John's
- **state**: NF
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 175 Signal Hill Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador A1A 1B2
- **lat**: 47.57294
- **long**: -52.68976
- **full address**: 175 Signal Hill Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador A1A 1B2

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- **Q**: When and where is Public lecture: The First Extinction of Animals: The story from the Ediacaran at Inner Meadow, CBN being held?
  - **A:** Public lecture: The First Extinction of Animals: The story from the Ediacaran at Inner Meadow, CBN takes place on Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 175 Signal Hill Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador A1A 1B2.
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  - **A:** Public lecture: The First Extinction of Animals: The story from the Ediacaran at Inner Meadow, CBN is organized by The Johnson Geo Centre.
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