Testing the salinity of Cambrian to Silurian epicratonic seas

Z Liu, TJ Algeo, S Arefifard, W Wei, C Brett… - Journal of the …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Ancient epicratonic formations, which represent the bulk of pre-Jurassic sedimentary rocks,
have been widely interpreted as marine deposits, but recently developed bulk-shale …

Formation conditions of Ediacaran–Cambrian cherts in South China: Implications for marine redox conditions and paleoecology

Z Wang, X Xie, Z Wen - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition period was a critical time interval for the
environmental fluctuations and organismal evolution in geological history, popularly known …

Did high temperature rather than low O2 hinder the evolution of eukaryotes in the Precambrian?

F Zhang, H Wang, Y Ye, Y Liu, Y Lyu, Y Deng… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and diversity of eukaryotes that occurred in the Proterozoic Eon (2.5–0.541
Ga) are the most important parts of life's evolution on the Earth. However, the critical time …

Seawater silica cycling and chert formation at the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian transition: Insights from δ30Si and Ge/Si systematics of hydrothermal cherts from the …

L Ackerman, F Poitrasson, T Magna, L Polák… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The genesis of cherts, rocks with> 90 wt% SiO 2, is suggested to be linked with dissolved
seawater silica and its elevated precipitation in the Phanerozoic due to massive biological …

New sponge spicules from the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in deep-water facies of South China

C Chen, Q Feng, TJ Algeo, L Zhang, S Chang… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sponges have great significance for understanding the origin and evolution of metazoans.
Biomarker fossil and molecular clock studies suggest a Precambrian origin of sponges, but …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemistry of cherts from the northern Jiangxi region, South China: Implication for paleoenvironment

GL Xie, GJ Zhou, YY Sun, YR Hu, WD Hao - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2024 - Elsevier
The extensive bedded cherts deposited during the Ediacaran–Cambrian (E–C) transition
period play a crucial role in understanding the geological evolution of this period, yet the …

[HTML][HTML] Teganium (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the Middle Ordovician Castle Bank fauna of Avalonia (Wales, UK)

JP Botting, LA Muir, J Ma - 2023 - palaeo-electronica.org
The hexactinellid sponges Teganium and Teganiella are widespread in Ordovician,
Devonian and Carboniferous strata in Laurentia, but have not previously been reported …

Radiolarians from Cambrian Series 2 Niujiaohe Formation in southern Jiangxi, South China

T Huang, QF Ma, XX Dong, GZ Xu, YH Yi - Palaeoworld, 2024 - Elsevier
The origin and early evolution of radiolarian fossils have always provoked great interest
among paleontologists. Yet, little is known about the earliest morphological and evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] 华南地区寒武系早期放射虫起源研究现状及讨论

黄腾 - Advances in Geosciences, 2024 - hanspub.org
放射虫是确定沉积环境的生物标志之一, 为终生浮游的单细胞原生生物, 其起源和早期演化一直
是热点问题, 通过研究, 本文综述了寒武系早期放射虫化石的研究历程, 总结了在寒武系时期各位 …

Les Rhizaires: organismes non-modèles pour l'étude, à partir de données d'imagerie in situ, de l'écologie planctonique et des cycles biogéochimiques

T Biard - 2023 - hal.science
Les grands cycles biogéochimiques sont intimement liés à la capacité de biominéralisation
de plusieurs grandes lignées, capables de moduler sur des échelles géologiques le cycle …