Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, which incorporates the radiation of animals,
lacks a robust global temporal and spatial framework, resulting in major uncertainty in the …

The diversification of animals during the Cambrian Period is one of the most significant
evolutionary events in Earth's history. However, the sequence of events leading to the origin …

Bryozoans (also known as ectoprocts or moss animals) are aquatic, dominantly sessile, filter-
feeding lophophorates that construct an organic or calcareous modular colonial (clonal) …

The International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy has introduced a number of
internal subdivisions (ie, series and stages), but most of the explanatory publications lack …

The Cambrian explosion, one of the most consequential biological revolutions in Earth
history, occurred in two phases separated by the Sinsk event, the first major extinction of the …

Abstract The Adelaide Superbasin (Adelaide Rift Complex, Stuart Shelf, Torrens Hinge
Zone, Coombalarnie Platform, and Cambrian Stansbury and Arrowie Basins) is a vast …

Rich small skeletal fossil assemblages are described from the Yanjiahe Formation and
Tianzhushan Member of southern Huangling Anticline. The Anabarites trisulcatus …

New insights into the Late Precambrian-latest Devonian evolution of the Pacific margin of
Gondwana are obtained by treating the margin in terms of three key tectonic elements: i) the …

Abstract The Delamerian Orogen formed at the final stages of assembly of the Gondwana
supercontinent. This system marks the initiation of subduction of the Pacific oceanic …

Trilobites are an iconic Paleozoic group of biomineralizing marine euarthropods that appear
abruptly in the fossil record (c. 521 million years ago) during the Cambrian 'explosion'. This …