Confirming the metazoan character of a 565Ma trace-fossil assemblage from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland

• Published in: PALAIOS
• Main Authors: Liu, Alex G S C, McIlroy, Duncan, Matthews, Jack, Brasier, Martin D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/7bfc32ff-586e-4b70-bfbe-009e4fd3c21a; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/7bfc32ff-586e-4b70-bfbe-009e4fd3c21a; https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2014.011; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/48625922/Final_merged_PDF_August_2014.pdf

Surface locomotory trace fossils from the Mistaken Point Formation of Newfoundland, dated at ∼565 Ma, suggest that organisms capable of controlled locomotion and possessing muscular tissue may have existed among Avalonian Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages. Here we describe the Mistaken Point trace-f...