Organically-preserved multicellular eukaryote from the late Neoproterozoic Nyborg Formation, Arctic Norway.

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Agic, Heda, Högström, Anette, Moczydlowska, Malgorzata, Jensen, Sören, Palacios, Teodoro, Meinhold, Guido, Ebbestad, Jan Ove R., Taylor, Wendy L., Høyberget, Magne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Stratigraphy and paleontology: 461; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Stratigrafi og paleontologi: 461; Arctic; Digermulen; Norway; Vestertana
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16750; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50650-x

Source at 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 d...