The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah'hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution
The earliest evolution of the animals remains a taxing biological problem, as all extant
clades are highly derived and the fossil record is not usually considered to be helpful. The …
clades are highly derived and the fossil record is not usually considered to be helpful. The …
Greater Avalonia—latest Ediacaran–Ordovician “peribaltic” terrane bounded by continental margin prisms (“Ganderia,” Harlech Dome, Meguma): review, tectonic …
Abstract Distinctive uppermost Ediacaran–Ordovician rocks (Avalonian overstep sequence)
were key in definition of Avalonia, which comprises large areas of the NE Appalachians and …
were key in definition of Avalonia, which comprises large areas of the NE Appalachians and …
Calibrating the coevolution of Ediacaran life and environment
AD Rooney, MD Cantine… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The rise of animals occurred during an interval of Earth history that witnessed dynamic
marine redox conditions, potentially rapid plate motions, and uniquely large perturbations to …
marine redox conditions, potentially rapid plate motions, and uniquely large perturbations to …
Towards an Ediacaran time scale: problems, protocols, and prospects
Abstract The Ediacaran Period follows the Cryogenian Period in the wake of a snowball
Earth glaciation and precedes the Cambrian Period with its rising tide of animal radiation. It …
Earth glaciation and precedes the Cambrian Period with its rising tide of animal radiation. It …
The rise of animals in a changing environment: global ecological innovation in the late Ediacaran
The evolutionary trajectory of early complex life on Earth is interpreted largely from the
fossils of the Precambrian soft-bodied Ediacara Biota, which appeared and evolved during a …
fossils of the Precambrian soft-bodied Ediacara Biota, which appeared and evolved during a …
Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China
C Yang, Y Li, D Selby, B Wan, C Guan, C Zhou… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The morphologically differentiated benthic macrofossils of algae and putative animal
affinities of the Lantian biota in China represents the oldest known Ediacaran macroscopic …
affinities of the Lantian biota in China represents the oldest known Ediacaran macroscopic …
Morphology shapes community dynamics in early animal ecosystems
NP Stephenson, KM Delahooke, N Barnes… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The driving forces behind the evolution of early metazoans are not well understood, but key
insights into their ecology and evolution can be gained through ecological analyses of the in …
insights into their ecology and evolution can be gained through ecological analyses of the in …
[PDF][PDF] Carbon isotopes in clastic rocks and the Neoproterozoic carbon cycle
It has been proposed that isotopically light inorganic carbon precipitated diagenetically in
clastic sediments can explain the large carbon isotopic excursions recorded in …
clastic sediments can explain the large carbon isotopic excursions recorded in …
Ediacaran distributions in space and time: testing assemblage concepts of earliest macroscopic body fossils
The mid-late Ediacaran Period (~ 579–541 Ma) is characterized by globally distributed
marine soft-bodied organisms of unclear phylogenetic affinities colloquially called the …
marine soft-bodied organisms of unclear phylogenetic affinities colloquially called the …
Controls on the evolution of Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems: a redox perspective
A growing number of detailed geochemical studies of Ediacaran (635–541 Ma) marine
successions have provided snapshots into the redox environments that played host to the …
successions have provided snapshots into the redox environments that played host to the …