[HTML][HTML] A new early Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätte expands the occurrence of Burgess Shale-type deposits on the Yangtze Platform

K Du, J Ortega-Hernández, J Yang, X Yang, Q Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Systematics, preservation and biogeography of radiodonts from the southern Great Basin, USA, during the upper Dyeran (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4)

S Pates, AC Daley, GD Edgecombe… - Papers in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anomalocaris, the most well‐known genus of the diverse stem euarthropod group
Radiodonta, was first reported over 100 years ago from the Burgess Shale (Canada). This …

Transport of 'Nama'‐type biota in sediment gravity and combined flows: Implications for terminal Ediacaran palaeoecology

B O'Connell, WJ McMahon, A Nduutepo… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The lower Nama Group in southern Namibia contains trace fossils and soft‐
bodied and biomineralized macro‐organisms from the terminal Ediacaran Period (ca 550 to …

Anoxia can increase the rate of decay for cnidarian tissue: Using Actinia equina to understand the early fossil record

AD Hancy, JB Antcliffe - Geobiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An experimental decay methodology is developed for a cnidarian model organism to serve
as a comparison to the many previous such studies on bilaterians. This allows an …

Microscopic and geochemical analyses of the Tonian Longfengshan biota from the Luotuoling Formation (Hebei Province, North China) with taphonomic implications

Y Jing, ZQ Chen, RP Anderson, X Wang, Z Zheng… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tonian Longfengshan biota is among the earliest known fossil assemblages
with a predominance of the benthic macroalgal fossil Longfengshania Du, 1982, which is …

Flume experiments reveal flows in the Burgess Shale can sample and transport organisms across substantial distances

OG Bath Enright, NJ Minter, EJ Sumner… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
The exceptionally preserved fossils entombed in the deposits of sediment-gravity flows in
the Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia have been fundamental for understanding …

Three‐dimensional reconstruction, taphonomic and petrological data suggest that the oldest record of bioturbation is a body fossil coquina

C Psarras, PCJ Donoghue, RJ Garwood… - Papers in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil material assigned to Nenoxites from the late Ediacaran Khatyspyt Formation of Arctic
Siberia (550–544 Ma) has been presented as evidence for bioturbation prior to the basal …

Actualistic approach to the chemical preservation potential and its influence on the Caenogastropoda biodiversity

SCM Limeira Junior, SC Rodrigues… - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Cretaceous Period is characterised by a peak in ocean surface acidity,
which may have altered the fossil representation of its marine biota. Thus, we propose to …

Stuck in the mud: experimental taphonomy and computed tomography demonstrate the critical role of sediment in three-dimensional carcass stabilization during early …

M Waskom, S Losso, J Ortega-Hernández - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Exceptionally preserved fossils provide critical information on the morphology and ecology
of extinct organisms, but their formation remains poorly understood. Experimental …

[PDF][PDF] Exceptional preservation of fossil soft tissues

T Clements, S Gabbott - eLS, 2021 - researchgate.net
Exceptionally preserved soft tissues yield much more information about ancient organisms
than skeletal remains alone. These fossils are rare, because, generally, the postmortem …