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The Rise of Animals in a Changing Environment: Global Ecological Innovation in the Late Ediacaran

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Droser, Mary L., Tarhan, Lidya G., Gehling, James G.·2017·Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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The evolutionary trajectory of early complex life on Earth is interpreted largely from the fossils of the Precambrian soft-bodied Ediacara Biota, which appeared and evolved during a time of dynamic biogeochemical and environmental fluctuation in the global ocean. The Ediacara Biota is historically divided into three successive Assemblages—the Avalon, the White Sea, and the Nama—which are marked by the appearance of novel biological traits and ecological strategies. In particular, the younger White Sea and Nama Assemblages record a “second wave” of ecological innovations, which included not only the development of uniquely Ediacaran body plans and ecologies, such as matground adaptations, but also the dual emergence of bilaterian-grade animals and Phanerozoic-style ecological innovations, including spatial heterogeneity, complex reproductive strategies, ecospace utilization, motility, and substrate competition. The late Ediacaran was an evolutionarily dynamic time characterized by strong environmental control over the distribution of taxa in time and space.

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Authors: Droser, M. L., Tarhan, L. G., & Gehling, J. G.
Affiliations: University of California, Riverside (US)
Yale University (US)
South Australia Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia;
ORCID: Droser, Mary L.
Tarhan, Lidya G.
Venue: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2017-08-30
Volume: 45
Issue: 1
Pages: 593-617
ISSN: 0084-6597 (ISSN-L)
1545-4495
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-063016-015645
OpenAlex: W2592803045
Semantic Scholar: 2cb246bf81e209e56705c780b75394a0ae6d525d
Cited by: 172
References: 149
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FWCI: 2.13
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Licence: www.annualreviews.org/licenses/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences (publishedVersion)
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNG04GJ42G)
National Geographic Society
Australian Research Council (DP0453393)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Keywords: Ediacara biota, Late Ediacaran, early animal evolution, green innovation, environmental change, spatial heterogeneity, reproductive strategies, motility, substrate competition, soft-bodied fossils

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