Phosphorus is a key limiting nutrient of terrestrial and marine primary production. Thus, the
global phosphorus cycle is intimately linked with the carbon cycle and influences climate …

The end‐Neoproterozoic transition marked a gradual but permanent shift between distinct
configurations of Earth's biosphere. This interval witnessed the demise of the enigmatic …

The evolutionary rise of powerful new ecosystem engineering impacts is thought to have
played an important role in driving waves of biospheric change across the Ediacaran …

The beginning of the Phanerozoic saw two biological events that set the stage for all life that
was to come:(a) the Cambrian Explosion (the appearance of most marine invertebrate …

Ecosystem engineers are organisms that modify their physical habitats in a way that alters
resource availability and the structure of the communities they live in. The evolution of …

Himatiichnus mangano igen. et isp. nov., a new trace fossil from the late Ediacaran Huns
Member of the Urusis Formation, southern Namibia, comprises intertwining tubes exhibiting …

While it is widely accepted that early animals originated and primarily evolved during the
Neoproterozoic to Cambrian period, there remains ongoing debate over how fluctuations in …

The advent of bioturbation in the early Paleozoic and the subsequent intensification of
sediment mixing by benthic animals dramatically altered marine ecosystems and …

The trace fossil record provides important insights into the evolution of early animals during
the Ediacaran/Cambrian transition, with changes in ichnodiversity through time and between …

Since the 1980s, the existence of one or more extinction events in the late Ediacaran has
been the subject of debate. Discussion surrounding these events has intensified in the last …