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 …

Abstract Details of the Lower Cambrian succession of the newly-discovered intraplatfrom
basin of the Yangtze Platform (South China), source rocks of the giant Ediacaran-Cambrian …

Abstract The upper Ediacaran-lower Cambrian (551–526 Ma) sedimentary succession of the
Yangtze Block, South China, hosts abundant chert that formed contemporaneously with the …

Abstract The Terreneuvian Series of the early Cambrian records the first major diversification
phase of the canonical Cambrian explosion. However, a paucity of precise radio-isotopic …

A significant negative organic carbon isotope (δ 13 C org) excursion occurred in the lower
member of the lower Cambrian Qiongzhusi organic-rich shales in the Sichuan Basin, which …

Abstract Early Cambrian basin in South China has deposited successive sedimentary rocks,
which not only recorded geochemical information of the variation of palaeo-ocean …

The evolution of global ocean oxygenation during the early Cambrian remains highly
controversial, making it difficult to evaluate how environmental triggers play a role in …

The organic-rich shale of the Lower Cambrian Shui**gtuo Formation is an important
hydrocarbon source rock in South China. The geochemical characteristics of this shale were …

Diverse and abundant fossil taxa have been described in the lower Cambrian Shipai
Formation in the Three Gorges area of Hubei Province, South China, but the taxonomy and …