The Ediacaran apparent polar wander path of the Río de la Plata craton revisited: Paleogeographic implications

A Cukjati, PR Franceschinis, MJ Arrouy, LEG Peral… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran apparent polar wander path (APWP) for the Rio de la Plata Craton was
analyzed and a new alternative path is presented. This revised path was constructed …

The Ediacaran paleontological record in South America

LV Warren, B Becker-Kerber, L Inglez, FG Varejão… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
South America figures as one of the most fruitful continents for paleontological research on
the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, with almost 100 years of studies on organisms …

Treptichnus pedum in the Três Marias Formation, south-central Brazil, and its implications for the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in South America

EAM Sanchez, A Uhlein, TR Fairchild - Journal of South American Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
The index ichnofossil Treptichnus pedum Seilacher 1955 and four types of Microbially
Induced Sedimentary Structures (MISS)-variants of wrinkle and elephant skin structures–are …

Enduring evolutionary embellishment of cloudinids in the Cambrian

TYS Park, J Jung, M Lee, S Lee… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition and the following Cambrian Explosion are among the
most fundamental events in the evolutionary history of animals. Understanding these events …

Sedimentary evolution and sequence stratigraphy of Ediacaran high‐grade phosphorite–dolomite–shale successions of the Bocaina formation (Corumbá Group) …

JPTM Hippertt, ID Rudnitzki, L Morais, B Freitas… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive phosphorite deposition is observed in the Neoproterozoic after a prolonged hiatus
during most of the Mesoproterozoic era. This event is thought to represent an important …

Sedimentary facies, fossil distribution and depositional setting of the late Ediacaran Tamengo Formation (Brazil)

KB Amorim, JWL Afonso, JM Leme, CQC Diniz… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic deposits of the Tamengo Formation (terminal Ediacaran),
record the rise of calcifying metazoans and the origin of exoskeletons in animals. To explore …

The Tapes complex (Nico Pérez terrane, Uruguay): constraining the mesoproterozoic evolution of the Río de la Plata craton

C Gaucher, R Frei, L Samaniego, TM Will… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tapes Complex crops out in the southeastern Nico Pérez Terrane (NPT) of the
Río de la Plata Craton and forms part of a NE-trending Mesoproterozoic belt together with …

The hidden passive margins from the birth of SW Gondwana

LV Warren, V Penzo, MJ Arrouy… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
The final consolidation of southwestern Gondwana during the Ediacaran–Cambrian resulted
in the formation of a large landmass originally surrounded by the newborn Panthalassic …

Dawn of diverse shelled and carbonaceous animal microfossils at~ 571 Ma

L Morais, BT Freitas, TR Fairchild, RE Clavijo Arcos… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition documents a critical stage in the diversification
of animals. The global fossil record documents the appearance of cloudinomorphs and other …

Redox-sensitive trace element distribution in the Loma Negra Formation in Argentina: The record of an Ediacaran oxygenation event

LE Gómez-Peral, MJ Arrouy, DG Poiré… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
The limestones of the Loma Negra Formation provide an excellent opportunity to examine
the behaviour of rare earth elements plus yttrium (REY) due to the near-zero diagenetic …