Glacial depositions are widely discovered in the late Ediacaran strata all over the world, but
the temporal and spatial distributions of the Ediacaran glaciations remain poorly …

The end‐Neoproterozoic transition marked a gradual but permanent shift between distinct
configurations of Earth's biosphere. This interval witnessed the demise of the enigmatic …

The emergence of the Ediacara biota soon after the Gaskiers glaciation ca. 580 million years
ago (Ma) implies a possible glacial fuse for the evolution of animals. However, the timing of …

Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

The advent of animal (metazoan) biomineralization marks a fundamental transition in Earth's
history, facilitating the diversification of novel body plans as well as the biological control of …

The early Neoproterozoic Era witnessed the initial ecological rise of eukaryotes at ca. 800
Ma. To assess whether nitrate availability played an important role in this evolutionary event …

Abstract The late Cambrian extinction–Early Ordovician biodiversification represents one of
the crucial lower Paleozoic biological changes. However, the mechanisms responsible for …

Abstract Early Cambrian basin in South China has deposited successive sedimentary rocks,
which not only recorded geochemical information of the variation of palaeo-ocean …

Abstract The Ediacaran fauna (574–539 Ma) are the first macroscopic community forming
organisms on Earth, thus providing unique insight into the origins and evolution of complex …

The Nama Group, Namibia (≥ 550.5 to< 538 million years ago, Ma), preserves one of the
most diverse metazoan fossil records of the terminal Ediacaran Period. We report numerous …