The early Paleozoic development of bioturbation—evolutionary and geobiological consequences

LG Tarhan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioturbation, the physical and chemical mixing of sediments by burrowing animals, is a
critical engineering process in modern seafloor environments and exerts an important …

The Spence Shale Lagerstätte: an important window into Cambrian biodiversity

J Kimmig, LC Strotz, SR Kimmig… - Journal of the …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
The Spence Shale Member of the Langston Formation is a Cambrian (Miaolingian: Wuliuan)
Lagerstätte in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. It is older than the more well …

Burgess Shale-type preservation and its distribution in space and time

RR Gaines - The Paleontological Society Papers, 2014 - cambridge.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropologically introduced biases in natural history collections, with a case study on the invertebrate paleontology collections from the middle Cambrian …

AF Whitaker, J Kimmig - 2020 - palaeo-electronica.org
Natural history collections are critical for modern scientific investigations, which are greatly
expanding on the potential data applications of historic specimens. However, using these …

Taphonomic traits of clay-hosted early Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil Lagerstätten in South China

A Forchielli, M Steiner, J Kasbohm, S Hu… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chengjiang and Guanshan fossil Lagerstätten of Yunnan represent key fossil
deposits to understand and reconstruct early metazoan evolution. Despite extensive studies …

Morphology and systematics of the anomalocaridid arthropod Hurdia from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia and Utah

AC Daley, GE Budd, JB Caron - Journal of Systematic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In Cambrian fossil Lagerstätten like the Burgess Shale, exceptionally preserved arthropods
constitute a large part of the taxonomic diversity, providing opportunities to study the early …

Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era

GY Wei, M Zhao, EA Sperling, RR Gaines… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The evolution of oxygen cycles on Earth's surface has been regulated by the balance
between molecular oxygen production and consumption. The Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the Chengjiang conundrum: A palaeoecological view on the rarity of hurdiid radiodonts in this most diverse early Cambrian Lagerstätte

Y Wu, S Pates, J Ma, W Lin, Y Wu, X Zhang, D Fu - Geoscience Frontiers, 2022 - Elsevier
Over one hundred arthropod fossil species have been described from the famous
Chengjiang Lagerstätte (South China, Cambrian Stage 3, ca. 518 Ma) including a diverse …

Preservation and diagenesis of soft-bodied fossils and the occurrence of phosphate-associated rare earth elements in the Cambrian (Wuliuan) Spence Shale …

AF Whitaker, JD Schiffbauer, DEG Briggs… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Spence Shale Lagerstätte is a middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series; Wuliuan
Stage) fossil deposit in northern Utah and southern Idaho, USA. At present, it is known to …

Habitat and developmental constraints drove 330 million years of horseshoe crab evolution

RDC Bicknell, J Kimmig, GE Budd… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Records of evolutionary stasis over time are central to uncovering large-scale evolutionary
modes, whether by long-term gradual change or via enduring stability punctuated by rapid …