Microbes as marine habitat formers and ecosystem engineers

R Danovaro, LA Levin, G Fanelli, L Scenna… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Despite their small individual size, marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes can form
large 3D structures and complex habitats. These habitats contribute to seafloor …

The Shibantan Lagerstätte: insights into the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic transition

S **ao, Z Chen, K Pang, C Zhou… - Journal of the Geological …, 2021‏ - lyellcollection.org
The Shibantan Lagerstätte (551–543 Ma) in the Yangtse Gorges area in South China is one
of the best-known examples of terminal Ediacaran fossil assemblages preserved in marine …

Mesoproterozoic oxygenation event: From shallow marine to atmosphere

B **e, J Zhu, X Wang, D Xu, L Zhou, X Zhou… - …, 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oxygen availability is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes in geological history, but the
redox conditions of the mid-Proterozoic atmospheric-oceanic system remain vigorously …

Biofilms as agents of Ediacara-style fossilization

S Slagter, W Hao, NJ Planavsky, KO Konhauser… - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Earth's earliest fossils of complex macroscopic life are recorded in Ediacaran-aged
siliciclastic deposits as exceptionally well-preserved three-dimensional casts and molds …

Barium isotopes in stromatolites through deep-time: A novel tracer for metal cycling in the photic zone

SV Hohl, YB Lin, HZ Wei, GY Wei… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In the search for reliable archives to reconstruct Earth's paleo-surface ocean chemistry,
stromatolites have gained much attention in the past decade. Stromatolitic carbonates, ie …

Microbially induced sedimentary structures from the Ediacaran of Anti-Atlas, Morocco

J El Kabouri, E Errami, B Becker-Kerber, N Ennih… - Precambrian …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco hosts an early Ediacaran turbiditic series
(Saghro Group)(630–600 Ma) unconformably overlain by thick late Ediacaran (580–550 Ma) …

Quantifying the seawater sulfate concentration in the Cambrian Ocean

G Zhu, T Li, T Huang, K Zhao, W Tang… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Although the earliest animals might have evolved in certain “sweet spots” in the last 10
million years of Ediacaran (550–541 Ma), the Cambrian explosion requires sufficiently high …

Precipitation of Marinoan cap carbonate from Mn-enriched seawater

M Ning, F Yang, H Ma, X Lang, B Shen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Rapid diversification of eukaryotes immediately after the Marinoan Snowball Earth glaciation
suggests the possible linkage between the extreme icehouse climate and biological …

Manganese cycling driven by fluctuating redox chemocline in the Ediacaran ocean

B Zhang, J Cao, K Hu, Z Liao, R Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Ediacaran Period, immediately following the Neoproterozoic Cryogenian
glaciations, marked a crucial phase in the Earth's evolutionary history. The paleo‐oceanic …

Phosphatized microfossils from the Miaohe Member of South China and their implications for the terminal Ediacaran biodiversity decline

Q Ye, Z An, Y Yu, Z Zhou, J Hu, J Tong, S **ao - Precambrian Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Ediacaran Miaohe Member (∼ 550 Ma) in South China is well known for
exceptionally preserved macroscopic carbonaceous compression fossils (ie, the Miaohe …