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 …

[HTML][HTML] Renewed perspectives on the sedentary-pelagic last common bilaterian ancestor

AV Martynov, TA Korshunova - Contributions to Zoology, 2022 - brill.com
Various evaluations of the last common bilaterian ancestor (lcba) currently suggest that it
resembled either a microscopic, non-segmented motile adult; or, on the contrary, a complex …

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 …

Aspidella and water escape structures from the ca 850 Ma (Tonian) Heavitree Formation, Amadeus Basin, Central Australia

PS Plummer, JD Gorter - Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The mid-Tonian-aged Heavitree Formation, the basal unit of the Amadeus Basin
succession, has long been believed to be devoid of metazoan fossils. Since a recent review …

New paleomagnetic data from the sedimentary cover of the Tandilia System: Further geodynamic or geomagnetic complexities in the Late Ediacaran

A Cukjati, PR Franceschinis, MJ Arrouy… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anomalous paleomagnetic data have been found worldwide during the Ediacaran period,
giving rise to several non-actualistic hypothesis. In order to get more information about this …

[HTML][HTML] The missing mats: MISS diversity and influence on life preservation in the late Ediacaran of the Tandilia System, Argentina

MJ Arrouy, LV Warren, F Quaglio… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The terminal Ediacaran fossil record includes microbial mats and body fossils characterized
by simple morphologies, which represents a challenge to understand several aspects …

Ediacaran tectographs from the Itajaí Basin: A cautionary tale from the Precambrian

BB Kerber, G Prado, NL Archilha, LV Warren… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
Simple and horizontal trace fossils from the Ediacaran Period (635–538.8 Ma) compose
some of the oldest evidence for the presence of metazoans in the Proterozoic fossil record …

Deciphering the origin of dubiofossils from the Pennsylvanian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

JP Saldanha, J Cagliari, R Scalise Horodyski… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Minerals are the fundamental record of abiotic processes over time, while biominerals are
one of the most common records of life due to their easy preservation and abundance …

Simple structures and complex stories: potential microbially induced sedimentary structures in the Ediacaran Serra de Santa Helena Formation, Bambuí Group …

J Okubo, L Inglez, GJ Uhlein, LV Warren… - Palaios, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) are abundant in Ediacaran and lower
Cambrian successions. However, the relationship between MISS distribution and facies has …