Biosedimentological features of major microbe-metazoan transitions (MMTs) from Precambrian to Cenozoic

ZQ Chen, C Tu, Y Pei, J Ogg, Y Fang, S Wu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic activities are involved in almost all sedimentation processes throughout the
evolutionary history of life on our planet. However, deep-time organism-induced …

The rise and fall of stromatolites in shallow marine environments

SE Peters, JM Husson, J Wilcots - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Stromatolites are abundant in shallow marine sediments deposited before the evolution of
animals, but in the modern ocean they are restricted to locations where the activity of …

A Permian-Triassic boundary microbialite deposit from the eastern Yangtze Platform (Jiangxi Province, South China): Geobiologic features, ecosystem composition …

S Wu, ZQ Chen, Y Fang, Y Pei, H Yang… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) boundary microbialite (PTB-microbialite) deposit occurs
near Xiushui on the southern margin of the eastern Yangtze Platform, South China. This 2-m …

Cyanobacterial spheroids and other biosignatures from microdigitate stromatolites of Mesoproterozoic Wumishan Formation in Jixian, North China

H Yang, ZQ Chen, D Papineau - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Stromatolites have been widely reported from the Archean and Paleoproterozoic
successions worldwide, and they could represent one of oldest life forms on Earth. Of these …

Permian–Triassic boundary microbialites at Zuodeng section, Guangxi Province, South China: geobiology and palaeoceanographic implications

Y Fang, ZQ Chen, S Kershaw, H Yang, M Luo - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A previously unknown microbialite bed in the Permian–Triassic (P–Tr) boundary beds of
Zuodeng section, Tiandong County, Guangxi, South China comprises a thin (5 cm maximum …

Hot-house climate during the Triassic/Jurassic transition: The evidence of climate change from the southern hemisphere (Salt Range, Pakistan)

S Iqbal, M Wagreich, WM Kuerschner, S Gier… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic–Jurassic boundary interval was characterised by the change from
warm, semiarid–arid to a hot and humid climate in the Tethyan domain linked to input of …

Stromatolites near the Permian–Triassic boundary in Chongyang, Hubei Province, South China: A geobiological window into palaeo-oceanic fluctuations following the …

N Adachi, Y Asada, Y Ezaki, J Liu - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Stromatolites just after the end-Permian extinction are exceptionally well developed in the
Chongyang area of Hubei Province, South China. The stromatolites include endolithic …

Anisian (Middle Triassic) stromatolites from Southwest China: Biogeological features and implications for variations of filament size and diversity of Triassic …

Y Huang, ZQ Chen, S Wu, X Feng - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study documents new stromatolite deposits from the Anisian succession of the Guanling
Formation in the Boyun section of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China. The …

Additional records of ichnogenus Rhizocorallium from the Lower and Middle Triassic, South China: Implications for biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass …

X Feng, ZQ Chen, DJ Bottjer, ML Fraiser… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The ichnogenus Rhizocorallium is represented by complex burrow networks that have been
interpreted as an indication of biotic recovery following major mass extinctions. Thousands …

Biotic and palaeoecological variations in the Permian-Triassic boundary microbialite (Xiejiacao, South China): Implication for a two-phase ecological crisis in …

C Su, ZQ Chen, X Wang, S Wu, Z Guo - Global and Planetary Change, 2021 - Elsevier
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) severely impacted global biodiversity. Extinction
selectivity of biotas behaved differently in various environmental settings, and biotic …