Frond orientations with independent current indicators demonstrate the reclining rheotropic mode of life of several Ediacaran rangeomorph taxa

D Pérez-Pinedo, JM Neville, G Pasinetti, C McKean… - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Fossils from the deep-sea Ediacaran biotas of Newfoundland are among the oldest
architecturally complex soft-bodied macroorganisms on Earth. Most organisms in the …

[HTML][HTML] The rangeomorph Pectinifrons abyssalis: Hydrodynamic function at the dawn of animal life

SAF Darroch, S Gutarra, H Masaki, A Olaru, BM Gibson… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Rangeomorphs are among the oldest putative eumetazoans known from the fossil record.
Establishing how they fed is thus key to understanding the structure and function of the …

Charniodiscus and Arborea Are Separate Genera Within the Arboreomorpha: Using the Holotype of C. concentricus to Resolve a Taphonomic/Taxonomic Tangle

D Pérez-Pinedo, C McKean, R Taylor… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Charniodiscus is one of the most iconic and first described of the Ediacaran frondose taxa.
Since the diagnosis of the holotype of C. concentricus in 1958, the scarcity and poor …

Rheotropic epifaunal growth, not felling by density currents, is responsible for many Ediacaran fossil orientations at Mistaken Point

D McIlroy, D Pérez-Pinedo, G Pasinetti… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The assumption that the majority of the Ediacaran fossil taxa on the iconic Mistaken Point E
lived erect in the water column underpins inferences concerning: 1) paleoecology of early …

Ediacaran marine animal forests and the ventilation of the oceans

S Gutarra, EG Mitchell, FS Dunn, BM Gibson… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
The rise of animals across the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition marked a step-change in the
history of life, from a microbially dominated world to the complex macroscopic biosphere we …

The Ediacara Biota of the Wood Canyon formation: Latest Precambrian macrofossils and sedimentary structures from the southern Great Basin

SD Evans, EF Smith, P Vayda, LL Nelson… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Fossils of the Ediacara Biota preserve the oldest indisputable evidence of
macroscopic animal life. Although new finds continue to expand the near global distribution …

Spatial distributions of Tribrachidium, Rugoconites, and Obamus from the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite), South Australia

PC Boan, SD Evans, CMS Hall, ML Droser - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
The spatial distribution of in situ sessile organisms, including those from the fossil record,
provides information about life histories, such as possible dispersal and/or settlement …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamic insights into the paleobiology of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai

D Pérez-Pinedo, R Nicholls, JM Neville, D McIlroy - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Summary The Ediacaran of Newfoundland preserves some of the oldest complex
macroscopic communities, several of which are dominated by the fractal-like rangeomorph …

Morphometrics and orientation of Fractofusus dominated assemblages from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland

J Neville - 2023 - research.library.mun.ca
The rangeomorph genus Fractofusus inhabited marine benthic environments during the
Ediacaran period. These frondlike organisms with fractal-like branching are believed to be …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrodynamic insights into the paleobiology of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai

R Pinedo, JM Nicholls, D Neville - researchgate.net
SUMMARY The Ediacaran of Newfoundland preserves some of the oldest complex
macroscopic communities, several of which are dominated by the fractal-like rangeomorph …