Calibrating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the Ediacaran-Cambrian radiation of animals
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 …
lacks a robust global temporal and spatial framework, resulting in major uncertainty in the …
The redox structure of Ediacaran and early Cambrian oceans and its controls
The rapid diversification of early animals during the Ediacaran (635–541 Ma) and early
Cambrian (ca. 541–509 Ma) has frequently been attributed to increasing oceanic …
Cambrian (ca. 541–509 Ma) has frequently been attributed to increasing oceanic …
The tempo of Ediacaran evolution
The rise of complex macroscopic life occurred during the Ediacaran Period, an interval that
witnessed large-scale disturbances to biogeochemical systems. The current Ediacaran …
witnessed large-scale disturbances to biogeochemical systems. The current Ediacaran …
Oceanic oxygenation events in the anoxic Ediacaran ocean
The ocean‐atmosphere system is typically envisioned to have gone through a unidirectional
oxygenation with significant oxygen increases in the earliest (ca. 635 Ma), middle (ca. 580 …
oxygenation with significant oxygen increases in the earliest (ca. 635 Ma), middle (ca. 580 …
Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals
The early diversification of animals (∼ 630 Ma), and their development into both motile and
macroscopic forms (∼ 575–565 Ma), has been linked to stepwise increases in the …
macroscopic forms (∼ 575–565 Ma), has been linked to stepwise increases in the …
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 …
Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian
An extraordinarily well preserved, 600-million-year (Myr)-old, three-dimensionally
phosphatized fossil displaying multiple independent characters of modern adult sponges …
phosphatized fossil displaying multiple independent characters of modern adult sponges …
The links between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and Cambrian explosion in the Yangtze Block, China
The correlation between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and early life are
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …
Was the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion a globally synchronized early diagenetic event? Insights from methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the uppermost …
Abstract The Ediacaran Period is characterized by the most profound negative carbon
isotope (δ 13 C) excursion in Earth history, the Shuram Excursion. Various hypotheses …
isotope (δ 13 C) excursion in Earth history, the Shuram Excursion. Various hypotheses …
Ediacaran integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China
Ediacaran successions occur widely in various depositional facies in South China and yield
a series of fossil Lagerstätten, providing a complete fossil record for the evolution of marine …
a series of fossil Lagerstätten, providing a complete fossil record for the evolution of marine …