Behavioural imprint of the Ordovician Radiation: evidence from Middle–Upper Ordovician deep-sea trace fossils in western Inner Mongolia, North China

R Fan, R Zong, Y Gong - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Trace fossils are unique evidence of the body plan and behavioural complexity of animals.
Major radiation periods in the Phanerozoic were associated with not only changes in …

New insights into the early evolution of horizontal spiral trace fossils and the age of the Brioverian series (Ediacaran–Cambrian) in Brittany, NW France

R Gougeon, D Néraudeau, A Loi, M Poujol - Geological Magazine, 2022 - cambridge.org
In northwestern France, the Brioverian series is a thick siliciclastic succession deposited
during the Cadomian cycle (c. 750–540 Ma). In the uppermost Brioverian beds, previous …

Quantitative analysis of horizontal bioturbation from Brioverian (Ediacaran-Fortunian) deposits of Brittany (Armorican Massif, NW of France)

B Coutret, D Néraudeau - Annales de Paléontologie, 2022 - Elsevier
Ediacaran-Cambrian bioturbation on bedding planes provides physical and chemical data
about the environmental conditions and biological activities of early metazoans. We propose …

Deep-time geometricians and hints on motor control evolution of marine invertebrates

R Fan, R Zong, Y Gong - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Motor control is an important component of animal movement that relies on the nervous
system to conduct coordinated locomotion. Marine trace fossils, recording a myriad of …

Enigmatic Discoid and Elliptical Structures from Brioverian (Ediacaran-Fortunian) Deposits of Brittany (Armorican Massif, NW of France)

D Néraudeau, M Poujol, A Loi, J Charrondière - Fossil Studies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Ediacaran–Cambrian deposits of Brittany (Brioverian series) contain both a few isolated
pluricentimetric discoid structures, dome-shaped or “donut”-shaped, and a multitude of …