Frond orientations with independent current indicators demonstrate the reclining rheotropic mode of life of several Ediacaran rangeomorph taxa

• Published in: Paleobiology
• Main Authors: Pérez-Pinedo, Daniel, Neville, Jenna M., Pasinetti, Giovanni, McKean, Christopher, Taylor, Rod, McIlroy, Duncan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2023
• Subjects: Catalina; Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pab.2023.2; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0094837323000027

Abstract Fossils from the deep-sea Ediacaran biotas of Newfoundland are among the oldest architecturally complex soft-bodied macroorganisms on Earth. Most organisms in the Mistaken Point–type biotas of Avalonia—particularly the fractal-branching frondose Rangeomorpha— have been traditionally interpr...