Deuterostomes are the major division of animal life which includes sea stars, acorn worms,
and humans, among a wide variety of ecologically and morphologically disparate taxa …

Accumulated records of organic microfossils span billions of years of Earth history. The
majority of this record consists of prokaryotes plus eukaryotes of a protistan grade, yet this …

Sponges are probably the earliest branching animals and their fossil record dates back to
the Precambrian. Identifying their skeletal structure and composition is thus a crucial step in …

Burgess Shale-type faunas are critical to our understanding of animal evolution during the
Cambrian, giving an unrivalled view of the morphology of ancient organisms and the …

Use of a low-manipulation hydrofluoric acid-extraction procedure on Cambrian mudstones
reveals an unexpectedly abundant and diverse range of small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs) …

Evidence of interspecific interactions in the fossil record is rare but offers valuable insights
into ancient ecologies. Exceptional fossiliferous sites can preserve complex ecological …

Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) are 'extra'microfossils often found in palynology slides.
These include remains of organisms within the size range of pollen grains (c. 10–250 µm) …

Abstract The Palaeozoic form-taxon Lobopodia encompasses a diverse range of soft-bodied
'legged worms' known from exceptional fossil deposits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Although …

Abstract The Toploje Member chert is a Roadian to Wordian autochthonous–
parautochthonous silicified peat preserved within the Lambert Graben, East Antarctica. It …

Non‐calcified marine macroalgae (“seaweeds”) play a variety of key roles in the modern
Earth system, and it is likely that they were also important players in the geological past …