Recent fossil discoveries from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale (EBS) on Kangaroo
Island, South Australia, have provided critical insights into the tempo of the Cambrian …

Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätten provide the best evidence for deciphering the biotic
patterns and magnitude of the Cambrian explosion. Here, we report a Lagerstätte from …

We report the Fandian biota, a new Konservat-Lagerstätte from the Cambrian Stage 3
Yuxiansi and Jiulaodong Formations in Sichuan, South China, with close faunal links to the …

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 …

Resolving the early evolution of euarthropods is one of the most challenging problems in
metazoan evolution,. Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Cambrian period have …

Ecdysozoans (Phyla Arthropoda, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha,
Onychophora, Priapulida, Tardigrada) are invertebrates bearing a tough, periodically …

Present-day ecosystems host a huge variety of organisms that interact and transfer mass
and energy via a cascade of trophic levels. When and how this complex machinery was …

Burgess Shale-type fossil assemblages provide the best evidence of the 'Cambrian
explosion'. Here we report the discovery of an extraordinary new soft-bodied fauna from the …

Previous studies on early-Cambrian nitrogen (N) cycle suggested a modern-type nitrogen
reservoir with elevated nitrate (NO 3−) availability in a globally oxygenated ocean for the …

The early Cambrian succession at Chengjiang contains the most diverse Cambrian fossil
assemblage yet described, and contributes significantly to our understanding of the …