Spatial analyses of Ediacaran communities at Mistaken Point ...

• Main Authors: Mitchell, EG, Butterfield, NJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
• Subjects: 31 Biological Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3104 Evolutionary Biology; 37 Earth Sciences; 3705 Geology; Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.21576; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274450

AbstractBedding-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 o...