RESEARCH FOCUS: The age of tubes: A window into biological transition at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary
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Flashback to 1997, Spring semester: as a freshman biology major at West Virginia University (USA), I was enrolled in Dr. Kammer’s Fossils and Evolution course. Like nearly every kid, I had at least had a passing fascination with dinosaurs in the 2nd grade, briefly rekindled in the early 90’s
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Ediacaran fossils contain abundant and diverse organisms with a tubular morphology, including forms either fully soft-bodied or lightly mineralized.
“Additionally, Ediacaran fossils contain abundant and diverse organisms with a tubular morphology (Fig.2), including forms either fully soft-bodied or lightly mineralized (Cai etal. 2013; Schiffbauer 2016; Schiffbauer etal. 2016).”
From Current understanding on the Cambrian Explosion: questions and answers (2021) · cites this paper as Schiffbauer 2016
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- Authors
- Schiffbauer, J. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schiffbauer, James D.
- Venue
- Geology
- Publisher
- Geological Society of America
- Published
- 2016-11-01
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 975-976
- ISSN
- 0091-7613 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2682
- OpenAlex
- W2538747549
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 1.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, Cambrian explosion, fossil record, early animal evolution, Ediacaran
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