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Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Constraints on Early Animal Evolution

Grotzinger, John P., Bowring, Samuel A., Saylor, Beverly Z., Kaufman, Alan J.·1995·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.270.5236.598
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Two distinct evolutionary pulses, represented by the Vendian Ediacaran fauna and Cambrian small shelly faunas, are generally thought to characterize the emergence of macroscopic animals at the end of Precambrian time. Biostratigraphic and uranium-lead zircon age data from Namibia indicate that most globally distributed Ediacaran fossils are no older than 549 million years old and some are as young as 543 million years old, essentially coincident with the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. These data suggest that the most diverse assemblages of Ediacaran animals existed within 6 million years of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary and that simple discoid animals may have appeared at least 50 million years earlier.

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Authors
Grotzinger, J. P., Bowring, S. A., Saylor, B. Z., & Kaufman, A. J.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
1995-10-27
Volume
270
Issue
5236
Pages
598-604
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.270.5236.598
OpenAlex
W1995137647
Cited by
701
References
46
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FWCI
31.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Science (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Keywords
early animal evolution, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran, Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, small shelly fossils, zircon U-Pb geochronology, biostratigraphy, Namibia

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