Spatial analyses of Ediacaran communities at Mistaken Point

• Published in: Paleobiology
• Main Authors: Emily G. Mitchell, Nicholas J. Butterfield
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Paleontological Society 2018
• Subjects: Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2017.35

Bedding-plane assemblages of Ediacaran fossils from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, are among the oldest known records of complex multicellular life on Earth (dated to ∼565 Ma). The in situ preservation of these sessile but otherwise deeply enigmatic organisms means that statistical analyses of specim...