Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 14/Answers/Question 20

Ediacaran
Surely these are the Ediacaran biota from the Earth in the late Precambrian? I think we have to go to tidal acceleration to see that we had about 400 days of about 22 hours each about 600 MYA. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I thought this one would take a bit longer. It was the 'fronds' wasn't it? Was it the 'fronds' that gave it away? I knew I shouldn't have included the 'fronds'. Anyway, 2 points to ALoan --Spondoolicks 20:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I am sure the fronds were very helpful - it is a lways nice to have an extra search term :) Googling for worms+discs+bags is not that helpful, but even adding something as simple as "life" makes it much easier.-- ALoan (Talk) 16:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Planet is Earth!
That's Earth 4.5 billion years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day#Introduction

Smooth O 17:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Um, read more carefully: that says 620 MYA. What life forms were there on the Earth 4.5 billion years ago? -- ALoan (Talk) 18:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

This planet.. is it in the Frogstar system? Possibly Magrathea? The word frond threw me off, because I knew it was vegetative and an anagram for fnord besides. Later, I nervously checked the mathematical properties, and very little came up for 400 days, aside from some eschatological stuff. And Frogstar, I thought... maybe it's a fictional planet; Starfox, which prominently features those has a anthropomorphic frog, Starfrog, Frogstar, but alas! Damn if I wasn't close by guessing Magrathea. --Monsieurdedalus 16:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)