Accumulated records of organic microfossils span billions of years of Earth history. The
majority of this record consists of prokaryotes plus eukaryotes of a protistan grade, yet this …

The landscapes and seascapes of Earth's surface provide the theatre for life, but to what
extent did the actors build the stage? The role of life in the long-term sha** of the …

Important evolutionary events such as the Cambrian Explosion have inspired many attempts
at explanation: why do they happen when they do? What shapes them, and why do they …

Meiofaunal life forms are found all over the animal tree of life, and miniaturization seems to
have occurred within otherwise macrofaunal clades multiple times. While sponges, comb …

The fossilized traces of burrowing worms have taken on a considerable importance in
studies of the Cambrian explosion, partly because of their use in defining the base of the …

New horizons in meiobenthos research New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research Olav Giere
Michaela Schratzberger Editors Profiles, Patterns and Potentials Page 2 New Horizons in …

Sabellidites cambriensis is a tubular non-mineralized metazoan that appears as
compressed ribbon-shaped imprints with transverse wrinkling, thick walls and an even tube …

Here we present a detailed accounting of organic microfossils from late Ediacaran
sediments of Finland, from the island of Hailuoto (northwest Finnish coast), and the …

Abstract Burgess‐Shale‐type (BST) faunas have proven critical for map** the Cambrian
assembly of animal‐dominated ecosystems, but have so far only been reported from fully …

Molluscs have produced an extensive fossil record, owing to the prevalence of robust
biomineralized shells among this clade. By contrast, most other components of molluscan …