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The Latest Ediacaran Wormworld Fauna: Setting the Ecological Stage for the Cambrian Explosion

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Schiffbauer, James D., Huntley, John Warren, O’Neil, Gretchen R., Darroch, Simon A.F., Laflamme, Marc, Cai, Yaoping·2016·GSA Today

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Authors: Schiffbauer, J. D., Huntley, J. W., O’Neil, G. R., Darroch, S. A. F., Laflamme, M., & Cai, Y.
Affiliations: North Dakota State University (US)
University of Toronto (CA)
Corresponding author: Schiffbauer, James D.
ORCID: Schiffbauer, James D.
Huntley, John Warren
O’Neil, Gretchen R.
Darroch, Simon A.F.
Laflamme, Marc
Cai, Yaoping
Venue: GSA Today
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2016-09-26
Pages: 4-11
ISSN: 1052-5173 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1130/gsatg265a.1
OpenAlex: W2524001704
Cited by: 137
References: 71
Citations by year: 2026: 12 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3
FWCI: 12.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
hdl.handle.net
Locations: GSA Today (publishedVersion)
TSpace (University of Toronto) (acceptedVersion)
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: Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran biota, Cambrian explosion, early animal evolution, ecological context, Ediacaran-Cambrian transition

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