A new ecological model for the ∼565 Ma Ediacaran biota of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland

• Published in: Precambrian Research
• Main Authors: Antcliffe, Jon, Hancy, Tony, Brasier, Martin D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Ecology; Time averaging; Size frequency distribution; Rangeomorphs; Decay; Evolution; Canada; Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/518a4d17-cbc2-4d57-92e7-4db0a4f478a5; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/518a4d17-cbc2-4d57-92e7-4db0a4f478a5; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2015.06.015

Ediacaran macrofossils immediately precede the first animal ecosystems of the Cambrian Period and have excited much attention for potentially containing ancestors of the modern animal phyla. Ediacaran fossil surfaces have been variously interpreted as vertically tiered census populations comparable...