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 …

Burgess Shale-type fossil assemblages provide a unique record of animal life in the
immediate aftermath of the so-called “Cambrian explosion.” While most soft-bodied faunas …

Ediacaran macrofossils are typically preserved in three taphonomic modes: casts/molds in
siliciclastic rocks, casts/molds in carbonate rocks, and carbonaceous compressions in black …

The mechanisms by which soft-bodied organisms were preserved in late Ediacaran deep-
marine environments are revealed by petrographic and geochemical investigation of fossil …

The upper Ediacaran Miaohe Member (∼ 551 Ma) in South China contains exceptionally
preserved macroscopic carbonaceous compression fossils that provide a crucial view of the …

The early E diacaran L antian F ormation in S outh C hina contains some of the oldest
known representatives of morphologically complex macroorganisms, including various …

The rise of eukaryotic macroalgae in the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic was a
critical development in Earth's history that triggered dramatic changes in biogeochemical …

Abstract The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (Fm) of the Yangtze Platform provides
excellent sedimentary records of the Precambrian tectonic evolution of the South China …

The Chuaria is the most common fossils in the Ediacaran Lantian biota (approximately 600
Ma) of South China which represents one of the earliest-known macroscopic eukaryotic …

Preservation of soft-bodied organisms is exceedingly rare in the fossil record. One way that
such fossils are preserved is as carbonaceous compressions in fined-grained marine …