Organically-preserved multicellular eukaryote from the early Ediacaran Nyborg Formation, Arctic Norway

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Agić, Heda, Högström, Anette E. S., Moczydłowska, Małgorzata, Jensen, Sören, Palacios, Teodoro, Meinhold, Guido, Ebbestad, Jan Ove R., Taylor, Wendy L., Høyberget, Magne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ediacara; Nyborg Formation; multicellular eukaryote; 550; Arctic; Norway; Digermulen; Vestertana
• Online Access: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/16616; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50650-x

Eukaryotic multicellularity originated in the Mesoproterozoic Era and evolved multiple times since, yet early multicellular fossils are scarce until the terminal Neoproterozoic and often restricted to cases of exceptional preservation. Here we describe unusual organically-preserved fossils from mudr...