Redefining the Treptichnus pedum zone at the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP): A critical reassessment of the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary.

• Main Author: Laing, Brittany A 1993-
• Other Authors: Buatois, Luis A., Mángano, M. Gabriela, Narbonne, Guy M., Eglington, Bruce M., Aitken, Alec, Merriam, Jim
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2018
• Subjects: Trace fossils; Evolutionary paleoecology; Cambrian Explosion; Burrows; Chapel Island; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/8647

The Cambrian explosion bisects the history of life, separating relatively simple pre-Cambrian life from a complex and diverse Cambrian fauna. Due to the paucity of the body-fossil record, trace fossils often offer the only available insight into these evolutionary milestones, representing a continuo...