Environmental and temporal patterns in bioturbation in the Cambrian–Ordovician of Western Newfoundland

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Tarhan, Lidya G., Nolan, Rhiannon Z., Westacott, Sophie, Shaw, Jack O., Pruss, Sara B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12560; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12560

Abstract The early Paleozoic emergence of bioturbating (sediment‐dwelling and ‐mixing) animals has long been assumed to have led to substantial changes in marine biogeochemistry, seafloor ecology, and the preservation potential of both sedimentary and fossil archives. However, the timing of the rise...