Shale-hosted biota from the Dismal Lakes Group in Arctic Canada supports an early Mesoproterozoic diversification of eukaryotes

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Loron, Corentin, Halverson, Galen, Rainbird, Robert, Skulski, Tom, Turner, Elizabeth, Javaux, Emmanuelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Physical; chemical; mathematical & earth Sciences; Earth sciences & physical geography; Physique; chimie; mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Arctic; Canada; Dismal Lakes
• Online Access: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/263678; https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2021.45

peer reviewed The Mesoproterozoic is an important era for the development of eukaryotic organisms in oceans. The earliest unambiguous eukaryotic microfossils are reported in late Paleoproterozoic shales from China and Australia. During the Mesoproterozoic, eukaryotes diversified in taxonomy, metabol...