Increase in metazoan ecosystem engineering prior to the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary in the Nama Group, Namibia

The disappearance of the soft-bodied Ediacara biota at the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary potentially represents the earliest mass extinction of complex life, although the precise driver(s) of this extinction remain unresolved. The ‘biotic replacement’ model proposes that an evolutionary radiation of m...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Alison T. Cribb, Charlotte G. Kenchington, Bryce Koester, Brandt M. Gibson, Thomas H. Boag, Rachel A. Racicot, Helke Mocke, Marc Laflamme, Simon A. F. Darroch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2019-09-01
Subjects:	ediacaran trace fossil ecosystem engineering cambrian extinction
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190548

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