Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages

• Main Authors: Matthews, JJ, Liu, Alexander, McIlroy, D
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 2017
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Mistaken Point
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.7357; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/262112

Fossil assemblages from Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula preserve diverse examples of the enigmatic Ediacaran macrobiota, offering some of the earliest evidence for large and complex multicellular life. These fossils are exposed on extensive coastal bedding planes in extraordinary abundances, permitt...