Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages

• Main Authors: Matthews, JJ, Liu, AG, McIlroy, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Society of London 2017
• Subjects: 37 Earth Sciences; 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 3705 Geology; Mistaken Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/262112; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.7357

Fossil assemblages from Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula preserve diverse examples of the enigmatic Ediacaran macrobiota, offering some of the earliest evidence for large and complex multicellular life. These fossils are exposed on extensive coastal bedding planes in extraordinary abundances, permitt...