Exploring an Ediacaran 'nursery': Growth, ecology and evolution in a rangeomorph palaeocommunity

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The recent discovery of a fossilized assemblage of juvenile Ediacaran rangeomorph macro-organisms, fern-like impressions from the Drook Formation of Newfoundland, suggests that the morphological diversity present within the earliest known communities of the Ediacaran biota was relatively high. The fledgling population of these Proterozoic organisms was smothered by volcanic material from a nearby eruption, preserving the standing community on the seafloor. As many as six different genera are ...

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Authors: Liu, A; Mcilroy, D; Matthews, J; Brasier, M

• Journal: Geology Today
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-26
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2013.00860.x
• EISSN: 1365-2451
• ISSN: 0266-6979
• Language: English