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The Latest Ediacaran Wormworld Fauna: Setting the Ecological Stage for the Cambrian Explosion
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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
- Venue
- GSA Today
- Publisher
- Geological Society of America
- Published
- 2016-09-26
- Pages
- 4-11
- ISSN
- 1052-5173 (ISSN-L)
- 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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