There is still debate about the classification of these specimens, mainly because the diagnostic features which allow taxonomists to classify more recent organisms, such as similarities to living organisms, are generally absent in the Ediacarans.
Aínda se debate a clasificación destes espécimes, principalmente porque as características de diagnóstico, que permitían aos taxonomistas clasificar os organismos máis recentes, como as semellanzas con organismosm vivos, están xeralmente ausentes nos ediacariaons.