A late Ediacaran ice age: The key node in the Earth system evolution

R Wang, Z Yin, B Shen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Glacial depositions are widely discovered in the late Ediacaran strata all over the world, but
the temporal and spatial distributions of the Ediacaran glaciations remain poorly …

Decline and fall of the Ediacarans: late‐Neoproterozoic extinctions and the rise of the modern biosphere

G Mussini, FS Dunn - Biological Reviews, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The end‐Neoproterozoic transition marked a gradual but permanent shift between distinct
configurations of Earth's biosphere. This interval witnessed the demise of the enigmatic …

A Great late Ediacaran ice age

R Wang, B Shen, X Lang, B Wen… - National Science …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The emergence of the Ediacara biota soon after the Gaskiers glaciation ca. 580 million years
ago (Ma) implies a possible glacial fuse for the evolution of animals. However, the timing of …

Sea level controls on Ediacaran-Cambrian animal radiations

FT Bowyer, RA Wood, M Yilales - Science Advances, 2024‏ - science.org
The drivers of Ediacaran-Cambrian metazoan radiations remain unclear, as does the fidelity
of the record. We use a global age framework [580–510 million years (Ma) ago] to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal radiation in the Ediacaran Period

W Huang, JA Tarduno, T Zhou… - … Earth & Environment, 2024‏ - nature.com
Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when macroscopic animals of the
Ediacara Fauna diversified and thrived. Any connection between these events is tantalizing …

Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of eukaryotes

J Kang, B Gill, R Reid, F Zhang, S **ao - Science advances, 2023‏ - science.org
The early Neoproterozoic Era witnessed the initial ecological rise of eukaryotes at ca. 800
Ma. To assess whether nitrate availability played an important role in this evolutionary event …

[HTML][HTML] Constraining the onset and environmental setting of metazoan biomineralization: the Ediacaran Nama Group of the Tsaus Mountains, Namibia

FT Bowyer, CI Uahengo, K Kaputuaza… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The advent of animal (metazoan) biomineralization marks a fundamental transition in Earth's
history, facilitating the diversification of novel body plans as well as the biological control of …

Causes and consequences of end-Ediacaran extinction: an update

SAF Darroch, EF Smith, LL Nelson… - Cambridge Prisms …, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Since the 1980s, the existence of one or more extinction events in the late Ediacaran has
been the subject of debate. Discussion surrounding these events has intensified in the last …

Recurrent photic zone euxinia limited ocean oxygenation and animal evolution during the Ediacaran

W Zheng, A Zhou, SK Sahoo, MR Nolan… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

[HTML][HTML] A 20-million-year reconstruction to decipher the enigmatic Cambrian extinction–Ordovician biodiversification transition

L Bian, A Chappaz, NH Schovsbo, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The late Cambrian extinction–Early Ordovician biodiversification represents one of
the crucial lower Paleozoic biological changes. However, the mechanisms responsible for …