Aluminosilicate haloes preserve complex life approximately 800 million years ago

• Published in: Interface Focus
• Main Authors: Anderson, RP, Tosca, NJ, Cinque, G, Frogley, MD, Lekkas, I, Akey, A, Hughes, GM, Bergmann, KD, Knoll, AH, Briggs, DEG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Burgess; Canada; Svalbard; Svanbergfjellet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0011; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d246efea-f15d-4f60-aa51-ee32188d8f95

Mudstone-hosted microfossils are a major component of the Proterozoic fossil record, particularly dominating the record of early eukaryotic life. Early organisms possessed no biomineralized parts to resist decay and controls on their fossilization in mudstones are poorly understood. Consequently, th...