The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah'hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution

GE Budd, S Jensen - Biological reviews, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The earliest evolution of the animals remains a taxing biological problem, as all extant
clades are highly derived and the fossil record is not usually considered to be helpful. The …

The links between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and Cambrian explosion in the Yangtze Block, China

Y Dong, B Hui, S Sun, J Sun, R Zang, B Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The correlation between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and early life are
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …

Extensive marine anoxia during the terminal Ediacaran Period

F Zhang, S **ao, B Kendall, SJ Romaniello, H Cui… - Science …, 2018‏ - science.org
The terminal Ediacaran Period witnessed the decline of the Ediacara biota (which may have
included many stem-group animals). To test whether oceanic anoxia might have played a …

Names for trace fossils 2.0: theory and practice in ichnotaxonomy

M Bertling, LA Buatois, D Knaust, B Laing… - Lethaia, 2022‏ - idunn.no
A uniform approach to ichnotaxonomy has been for the most part positively received by the
scientific community. We carry it further here, presenting a revised treatment of trace fossil …

[HTML][HTML] Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes

NS Davies, AG Liu, MR Gibling, RF Miller - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The rock record contains a rich variety of sedimentary surface textures on siliciclastic
sandstone, siltstone and mudstone bedding planes. In recent years, an increasing number …

The advent of animals: the view from the Ediacaran

ML Droser, JG Gehling - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015‏ - pnas.org
Patterns of origination and evolution of early complex life on this planet are largely
interpreted from the fossils of the Precambrian soft-bodied Ediacara Biota. These fossils …

[HTML][HTML] The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion

SAF Darroch, AT Cribb, LA Buatois, GJB Germs… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition marks one of the most important geobiological
revolutions in Earth History, including multiple waves of evolutionary radiation and …

The rise and early evolution of animals: where do we stand from a trace-fossil perspective?

MG Mángano, LA Buatois - Interface Focus, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The trace-fossil record provides a wealth of information to track the rise and early evolution
of animals. It comprises the activity of both hard-and soft-bodied organisms, is continuous …

New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications

Z Chen, C Zhou, S **ao, W Wang, C Guan, H Hua… - Scientific reports, 2014‏ - nature.com
Ediacara fossils are central to our understanding of animal evolution on the eve of the
Cambrian explosion, because some of them likely represent stem-group marine animals …

[HTML][HTML] Remarkable insights into the paleoecology of the Avalonian Ediacaran macrobiota

AG Liu, CG Kenchington, EG Mitchell - Gondwana Research, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Ediacaran macrofossils from the Avalon Terrane (primarily eastern Newfoundland and the
central UK) record some of the earliest large and complex multicellular organisms on Earth …