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New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications.
Chen, Zhe; Zhou, Chuanming; Xiao, Shuhai; Wang, Wei; Guan, Chengguo; Hua, Hong; Yuan, Xunlai.
Afiliação
  • Chen Z; LPS and LESP, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Zhou C; LPS and LESP, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Xiao S; Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
  • Wang W; LPS and LESP, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Guan C; LPS and LESP, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Hua H; State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
  • Yuan X; LPS and LESP, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
Sci Rep ; 4: 4180, 2014 Feb 25.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24566959
Ediacara fossils are central to our understanding of animal evolution on the eve of the Cambrian explosion, because some of them likely represent stem-group marine animals. However, some of the iconic Ediacara fossils have also been interpreted as terrestrial lichens or microbial colonies. Our ability to test these hypotheses is limited by a taphonomic bias that most Ediacara fossils are preserved in sandstones and siltstones. Here we report several iconic Ediacara fossils and an annulated tubular fossil (reconstructed as an erect epibenthic organism with uniserial arranged modular units), from marine limestone of the 551-541 Ma Dengying Formation in South China. These fossils significantly expand the ecological ranges of several key Ediacara taxa and support that they are marine organisms rather than terrestrial lichens or microbial colonies. Their close association with abundant bilaterian burrows also indicates that they could tolerate and may have survived moderate levels of bioturbation.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article