[HTML][HTML] A new early Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätte expands the occurrence of Burgess Shale-type deposits on the Yangtze Platform

K Du, J Ortega-Hernández, J Yang, X Yang, Q Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report the Fandian biota, a new Konservat-Lagerstätte from the Cambrian Stage 3
Yuxiansi and Jiulaodong Formations in Sichuan, South China, with close faunal links to the …

A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of the ascidiacean body plan

K Nanglu, R Lerosey-Aubril, JC Weaver… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tunicates are an evolutionarily significant subphylum of marine chordates, with their
phylogenetic position as the sister-group to Vertebrata making them key to unraveling our …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropologically introduced biases in natural history collections, with a case study on the invertebrate paleontology collections from the middle Cambrian …

AF Whitaker, J Kimmig - 2020 - palaeo-electronica.org
Natural history collections are critical for modern scientific investigations, which are greatly
expanding on the potential data applications of historic specimens. However, using these …

New exceptionally preserved panarthropods from the Drumian Wheeler Konservat‐Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah

R Lerosey‐Aubril, J Kimmig, S Pates… - Papers in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Drumian Wheeler Konservat‐Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah (Wheeler‐
HR) has yielded one of the most diverse exceptionally preserved Cambrian biotas of North …

A juvenile-rich palaeocommunity of the lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota sheds light on palaeo-boom or palaeo-bust environments

X Yang, J Kimmig, D Zhai, Y Liu, SR Kimmig… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The fossil record, including the record of Burgess Shale-type deposits, is biased towards late
ontogenetic stages. Larval stages, juvenile and subadult specimens exist but are very rare …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the Chengjiang conundrum: A palaeoecological view on the rarity of hurdiid radiodonts in this most diverse early Cambrian Lagerstätte

Y Wu, S Pates, J Ma, W Lin, Y Wu, X Zhang, D Fu - Geoscience Frontiers, 2022 - Elsevier
Over one hundred arthropod fossil species have been described from the famous
Chengjiang Lagerstätte (South China, Cambrian Stage 3, ca. 518 Ma) including a diverse …

Preservation and diagenesis of soft-bodied fossils and the occurrence of phosphate-associated rare earth elements in the Cambrian (Wuliuan) Spence Shale …

AF Whitaker, JD Schiffbauer, DEG Briggs… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Spence Shale Lagerstätte is a middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series; Wuliuan
Stage) fossil deposit in northern Utah and southern Idaho, USA. At present, it is known to …

The middle Cambrian Linyi Lagerstätte from the North China Craton: a new window on Cambrian evolutionary fauna

Z Sun, F Zhao, H Zeng, C Luo… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The rapid appearance of major animal groups and complex marine communities during the
Cambrian explosion is recorded in large part in Burgess Shale-type lagerstätten. However …

Large euarthropod carapaces from a high latitude Cambrian (Drumian) deposit in Spain

S Pates, S Zamora - Royal Society Open Science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deposits preserving non-biomineralized tissues and animals provide an unrivalled
opportunity to study the evolution and radiation of early animal life. Numerous sites of …

A long-headed Cambrian soft-bodied vertebrate from the American Great Basin region

R Lerosey-Aubril… - Royal Society Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fossil record suggests that chordates might have been minor components of marine
ecosystems during the first major diversification of animal life in the Cambrian. Vertebrates …