Fractal patterns of early life revealed - 15 July 2004 - New Scientist - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
"... the organisms were assembled in fractal patterns from frond-like building blocks. They were unable to move and had no reproductive organs, perhaps reproducing by dropping off new fronds. The creatures, which were neither animals or plants, are called rangeomorphs." - Sanjeev Singh
"They accounted for over 80% of fossils early in the Ediacara period, when there were no mobile animals or traces of burrows. But they declined as more mobile animals evolved, apparently unable to compete, or perhaps being eaten themselves." - Sanjeev Singh