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 …

Cnidarians are a disparate and ancient phylum, encompassing corals and jellyfish, and
occupy both the pelagic and benthic realms. They have a rich fossil record from the …

Molecular timescales estimate that early animal lineages diverged tens of millions of years
before their earliest unequivocal fossil evidence. The Ediacaran macrobiota (~ 574 to 538 …

The deep marine Ediacaran fossil record of Avalonia is dominated by the Rangeomorpha, a
clade characterized by up to four orders of fractal‐like branching. Despite their abundance …

Ediacaran rangeomorphs were the first substantially macroscopic organisms to appear in
the fossil record, but their underlying biology remains problematic. Although demonstrably …

Several specimens of Dickinsonia cf. D. menneri, originating from a single burial event at the
Lyamtsa locality of the late Ediacaran (Vendian) in the southeastern White Sea area, Russia …

Beothukis mistakensis from the Ediacaran System of Newfoundland, Canada demonstrates
complex fractal-like morphology through the development of primary-, secondary-and …

The Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai is the most common and best-preserved of
the E Surface fossil assemblage in the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve of southeastern …

The Ediacara biota records the rise of morphologically complex macroscopic eukaryotes,
including animals and other heterotrophs. Eltonian ecology demands that Ediacaran …

Organisms in possession of a frondose body plan are amongst the oldest and most
enigmatic members of the soft‐bodied Ediacaran macrobiota. Appraisal of specimens from …