CONFIRMING THE METAZOAN CHARACTER OF A 565 MA TRACE-FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM MISTAKEN POINT, NEWFOUNDLAND

LIU, ALEXANDER G.; MCILROY, DUNCAN; MATTHEWS, JACK J.; BRASIER, MARTIN D.

doi:10.2110/palo.2014.011

Cited by 45Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

CONFIRMING THE METAZOAN CHARACTER OF A 565 MA TRACE-FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM MISTAKEN POINT, NEWFOUNDLAND

Open access

LIU, ALEXANDER G., MCILROY, DUNCAN, MATTHEWS, JACK J., BRASIER, MARTIN D.·2014·Palaios

DOI 10.2110/palo.2014.011

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Surface locomotory trace fossils from the Mistaken Point Formation of Newfoundland, dated at ∼ 565 Ma, suggest that organisms capable of controlled locomotion and possessing muscular tissue may have existed among Avalonian Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages. Here we describe the Mistaken Point trace-fossil assemblage in full, discuss its stratigraphic context within the Mistaken Point Formation, and explore the competing hypotheses for the formation of the traces. We find that the trace fossils, preserved within a turbidite succession in a deep-marine depositional environment, are not attributable to abiogenic structures, to Ediacaran tubular or filamentous body fossils, to rangeomorph stems, or to a host of late Ediacaran and early Phanerozoic ichnofossils. Specimens within the assemblage show some similarities to the ichnogenera Helminthoidichnites and Archaeonassa, but discrepancies in certain aspects of their structure mean that we do not formally attribute them to these ichnotaxa at this time. The Mistaken Point ichnofossils possess morphological characteristics indicative of formation by an organism with a round base. Comparison with traces formed by modern organisms of such character appears to rule out formation by protistan, echinoderm, or annelid styles of movement, but is consistent with organisms moving via muscular controlled locomotion in a similar way to some modern mollusks and actinian cnidarians. We suggest therefore that the Mistaken Point trace-fossil assemblage reveals the presence of muscular metazoans in late Ediacaran deep-marine ecosystems. Such organisms cannot yet be attributed to specific phyla, but their inferred locomotory mechanisms share closest similarities with those utilized by extant actinians.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.2110/palo.2014.011

Cites

80 of 80 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

There are no convincing crown-group animals in the fossil record until the first trace fossils appear at around 565 Ma.
“we regard it as reasonable to state that there are no convincing crown-group animals in the fossil record until the first trace fossils appear at around 565 Ma or so (Liu et al. , 2014 b ).”
From The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah' hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution (2017) · cites this paper as Liu et al., 2014b
The title identifies a metazoan trace-fossil assemblage dated to 565 Ma. The passages available from our copy do not say these were the first trace fossils or that no convincing crown-group animals occur earlier; searches for crown-group animals and earliest animal evidence found no such passage. (LLM, conf=0.76)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
Earlier trace fossils from the c. 565 Ma Mistaken Point biota are too simple to be confidently assigned to bilaterians, and could have been made by a cnidarian or similar.
“Earlier trace fossils have been documented from the c . 565 Ma Mistaken Point biota (Fig. 7A; Liu et al. , 2010, 2014 b ) but these are too simple to be confidently assigned to bilaterians, and could have been made by a cnidarian or similar (Liu et al. , 2010).”
From The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah' hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution (2017) · cites this paper as Liu et al., 2014b

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Sedimentology of some Flysch deposits : a graphic approach to facies interpretation
Bouma, A. H., Kuenen, P. H., & Shepard, F. P. (1962) · Elsevier eBooks · Cited by 1,685 · see citing works
A Concise Geologic Time Scale
(2016) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/c2009-0-64442-1 · Cited by 1,524 · see citing works
Trace fossils and problematica
Häntzschel, W. (1975) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 747 · see citing works
The Ediacara biota: Neoproterozoic origin of animals and their ecosystems
Narbonne, G. M. (2005) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122519 · Cited by 714 · see citing works
Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss
Danovaro, R., Gambi, C., Dell'Anno, A., Corinaldesi, C., Fraschetti, S., Vanreusel, A., Vincx, M., & Gooday, A. J. (2008) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.056 · Cited by 668 · see citing works
Trace Fossil Analysis
Seilacher, A. (2007) · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-47226-1 · Cited by 632 · see citing works
The Multiple Origins of Complex Multicellularity
Knoll, A. H. (2011) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.031208.100209 · Cited by 562 · see citing works
Biomat-related lifestyles in the Precambrian
Seilacher, A. (1999) · PALAIOS · doi:10.2307/3515363 · Cited by 560 · see citing works
Vendobionta and Psammocorallia: lost constructions of Precambrian evolution
SEILACHER, A. (1992) · Journal of the Geological Society · doi:10.1144/gsjgs.149.4.0607 · Cited by 427 · see citing works
MACROSCOPIC CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS IN A TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC SHALE: A SYSTEMATIC REASSESSMENT OF THE MIAOHE BIOTA, SOUTH CHINA
Xiao, S., Yuan, X., Steiner, M., & Knoll, A. H. (2002) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076 · Cited by 370 · see citing works
The end of the Ediacara biota: Extinction, biotic replacement, or Cheshire Cat?
Laflamme, M., Darroch, S. A. F., Tweedt, S. M., Peterson, K. J., & Erwin, D. H. (2013) · Gondwana Research · doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.11.004 · Cited by 300 · see citing works
Trace fossils in the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition: behavioral diversification, ecological turnover and environmental shift
Seilacher, A., Buatois, L. A., & Gabriela Mángano, M. (2005) · Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.003 · Cited by 277 · see citing works
Modular Construction of Early Ediacaran Complex Life Forms
Narbonne, G. M. (2004) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1099727 · Cited by 269 · see citing works
The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella Terranovica
Gehling, J. G., Narbonne, G. M., & Anderson, M. M. (2000) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00134.x · Cited by 268 · see citing works
The Rise of animals: evolution and diversification of the kingdom animalia
(2008) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.45-6169 · Cited by 201 · see citing works
The Ediacaran Period
Narbonne, G. M., Xiao, S., Shields, G., & Gehlîng, J. G. (2012) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-59425-9.00018-4 · Cited by 200 · see citing works
Avalon: Insular continent by the latest Precambrian
Landing, E. (1996) · Geological Society of America eBooks · doi:10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.29 · Cited by 194 · see citing works
A Critical Look at the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record
Jensen, S., Droser, M. L., & Gehling, J. G. (2007) · Topics in Geobiology · doi:10.1007/1-4020-5202-2_5 · Cited by 188 · see citing works
Trace fossil preservation and the early evolution of animals
Jensen, S., Droser, M. L., & Gehling, J. G. (2005) · Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.09.035 · Cited by 186 · see citing works
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland
Liu, A. G., Mcllroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2010) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g30368.1 · Cited by 174 · see citing works
Self-citation
Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors
Chen, Z., Zhou, C., Meyer, M., Xiang, K., Schiffbauer, J. D., Yuan, X., & Xiao, S. (2013) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.004 · Cited by 164 · see citing works
Paleoenvironmental analysis of the late Neoproterozoic Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations, southeastern Newfoundland
Wood, D. A., Dalrymple, R. W., Narbonne, G. M., Gehling, J. G., & Clapham, M. E. (2003) · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · doi:10.1139/e03-048 · Cited by 159 · see citing works
When Life Got Smart: The Evolution of Behavioral Complexity Through the Ediacaran and Early Cambrian of NW Canada
Carbone, C., & Narbonne, G. M. (2014) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/13-066 · Cited by 152 · see citing works
Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
Hofmann, H. J., O'Brien, S. J., & King, A. F. (2008) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/06-087.1 · Cited by 140 · see citing works
Subduction complex of pre-Jurassic age, northern Anatolia, Turkey
Tekeli, O. (1981) · Geology · doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1981)9 · Cited by 137 · see citing works
Synchronous Aggregate Growth in an Abundant New Ediacaran Tubular Organism
Droser, M. L., & Gehling, J. G. (2008) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1152595 · Cited by 125 · see citing works
Modern shallow-water graded sand layers from storm surges, Bering Shelf; a mimic of Bouma sequences and turbidite systems
Nelson, C. (1982) · Journal of Sedimentary Research · doi:10.1306/212f7f9a-2b24-11d7-8648000102c1865d · Cited by 124 · see citing works
Extinction of Cloudina and Namacalathus at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman
(2003) · doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
The oldest evidence of bioturbation on Earth
Rogov, V., Marusin, V., Bykova, N., Goy, Y., Nagovitsin, K., Kochnev, B., Karlova, G., & Grazhdankin, D. (2012) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g32807.1 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Deep-water Ediacaran fossils from northwestern Canada: taphonomy, ecology, and evolution
Narbonne, G. M., Laflamme, M., Trusler, P. W., Dalrymple, R. W., & Greentree, C. (2014) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/13-053 · Cited by 103 · see citing works
BIOSTRATINOMY OF THE LATE EDIACARAN PYRITIZED GAOJIASHAN LAGERSTATTE FROM SOUTHERN SHAANXI, SOUTH CHINA: IMPORTANCE OF EVENT DEPOSITS
CAI, Y., Hua, H., Xiao, S., Schiffbauer, J. D., & LI, P. (2010) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2009.p09-133r · Cited by 103 · see citing works
Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)
Liu, A. G., Matthews, J. J., Menon, L. R., McIlroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2014) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Self-citation
The architecture of Ediacaran fronds
BRASIER, M. D., ANTCLIFFE, J. B., & LIU, A. G. (2012) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01164.x · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Self-citation
Fossils found in the Pre-Cambrian Conception Group of South-eastern Newfoundland
Anderson, M. M., & MISRA, S. B. (1968) · Nature · doi:10.1038/220680a0 · Cited by 96 · see citing works
A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean
Wilby, P. R., Carney, J. N., & Howe, M. P. A. (2011) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g31890.1 · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Storm-Influenced Prodelta Turbidite Complex in the Lower Kenilworth Member at Hatch Mesa, Book Cliffs, Utah, U.S.A.: Implications for Shallow Marine Facies Models
Pattison, S. A. J. (2005) · Journal of Sedimentary Research · doi:10.2110/jsr.2005.033 · Cited by 91 · see citing works
Late Precambrian (?) Fossils from Southeastern Newfoundland
MISRA, S. B. (1969) · Geological Society of America Bulletin · doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1969)80[2133:lpffsn]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 88 · see citing works
Giant Deep-Sea Protist Produces Bilaterian-like Traces
Matz, M. V., Frank, T. M., Marshall, N. J., Widder, E. A., & Johnsen, S. (2008) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.028 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Dating the Late Precambrian volcanicity of England and Wales
COMPSTON, W., WRIGHT, A. E., & TOGHILL, P. (2002) · Journal of the Geological Society · doi:10.1144/0016-764901-010 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Reconstructing Rangea: new discoveries from the Ediacaran of southern Namibia
Vickers-Rich, P., Ivantsov, A. Y., Trusler, P. W., Narbonne, G. M., Hall, M., Wilson, S. A., Greentree, C., Fedonkin, M. A., Elliott, D. A., Hoffmann, K. H., et al. (2013) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/12-074r.1 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Corumbella, an Ediacaran-grade organism from the Late Neoproterozoic of Brazil
Babcock, L. E., Grunow, A. M., Sadowski, G. R., & Leslie, S. A. (2005) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.01.001 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Microbial mats implicated in the generation of intrastratal shrinkage (‘synaeresis’) cracks
Harazim, D., Callow, R. H. T., & McIlroy, D. (2013) · Sedimentology · doi:10.1111/sed.12044 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Self-citation
Isopodichnus in a trace fossil assemblage from the Old Red Sandstone
Trewin, N. H. (1976) · Lethaia · doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1976.tb00947.x · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Paleoenvironmental and basin analysis of the late Neoproterozoic (Ediacaran) upper Conception and St. John's groups, west Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Ichaso, A. A., Dalrymple, R. W., & Narbonne, G. M. (2007) · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · doi:10.1139/e06-098 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Bilaterian Burrows and Grazing Behavior at >585 Million Years Ago
Pecoits, E., Konhauser, K. O., Aubet, N. R., Heaman, L. M., Veroslavsky, G., Stern, R. A., & Gingras, M. K. (2012) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1216295 · Cited by 73 · see citing works
Evidence for Cnidaria-like behavior in ca. 560 Ma Ediacaran Aspidella
Menon, L. R., McIlroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2013) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g34424.1 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Self-citation
Bioerosion in shell beds from the Pliocene Roussillon Basin, France: Implications for the (macro)bioerosion ichnofacies model
De Gibert, J. M., Domènech, R., & Martinell, J. (2007) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.13741084 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Suspected microbial mat-related crack-like sedimentary structures in the Palaeoproterozoic Magaliesberg Formation sandstones, South Africa
PARIZOT, M., Eriksson, P. G., Aı̈fa, T., SARKAR, S., Banerjee, S., Catuneanu, O., Altermann, W., Bumby, A. J., Bordy, E. M., & Rooy, J. L. V. (2005) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2005.05.007 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
A new assemblage of juvenile Ediacaran fronds from the Drook Formation, Newfoundland
Liu, A. G., McIlroy, D., Matthews, J. J., & Brasier, M. D. (2012) · Journal of the Geological Society · doi:10.1144/0016-76492011-094 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Self-citation
Trepassey map area, Newfoundland
Williams, H., & King, A. (1979) · doi:10.4095/124055 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Archaeonassa: Cambrian Snail Trails and Burrows
Fenton, C. L., & Fenton, M. A. (1937) · The American Midland Naturalist · doi:10.2307/2420587 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
The Mechanism of Locomotion in Gastropod Molluscs
Lissmann, H. W. (1945) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.22.1-2.37 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
ArchaeonassaFenton and Fenton 1937 reviewed
Buckman, J. (1994) · Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces · doi:10.1080/10420949409386387 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING BY BIOTURBATING POLYCHAETES IN EVENT BED MICROCOSMS
HERRINGSHAW, L. G., Sherwood, O. A., & McIlroy, D. (2010) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2009.p09-055r · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Self-citation
Palaeobiological significance of Plagiogmus arcuatus from the lower Cambrian of central Australia
McIlroy, D., & Heys, G. R. (1997) · Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology · doi:10.1080/03115519708619171 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Self-citation
A contribution to the biology ofAstrorhiza limicola(Foraminifera)
Buchanan, J. B., & Hedley, R. H. (1960) · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom · doi:10.1017/s0025315400013540 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Ediacaran fossils from the southwestern Great Basin, United States
HAGADORN, J. W., & WAGGONER, B. (2000) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1017/s0022336000031553 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Tube construction and life mode of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Gaojiashania cyclus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte
Cai, Y., Hua, H., & Zhang, X. (2012) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.022 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Problematica, trace fossils, and tubes within the Ediacara Member (South Australia): redefining the ediacaran trace fossil record one tube at a time
Sappenfield, A., Droser, M. L., & Gehlîng, J. G. (2011) · Journal of Paleontology · doi:10.1666/10-068.1 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Explaining the exceptional preservation of Ediacaran rangeomorphs from Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland: A hydraulic model
Brasier, M. D., Liu, A., Menon, L. R., Matthews, J. J., McIlroy, D., & Wacey, D. (2013) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.013 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Self-citation
The Organization of the Muscular System of Metridium senile
Batham, E. J., & Pantin, C. F. A. (1951) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.s3-92.17.27 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Paleobiology of Climactichnites, an Enigmatic Late Cambrian Fossil
Yochelson, E. L., & Fedonkin, M. A. (1993) · Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology · doi:10.5479/si.00810266.74.1 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Ediacaran body and trace fossils in Miette Group (Windermere Supergroup) near Salient Mountain, British Columbia, CanadaRevision of the paper was carried out by Dr. Guy Narbonne following the passing away of both Hans Hofmann (†deceased May 19, 2010) and Eric Mountjoy (†deceased June 18, 2010) after manuscript submission.
Hofmann, H. J., & MOUNTJOY, E. W. (2010) · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · doi:10.1139/e10-070 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
PALAEOBIOLOGY OF THE CLIMACTICHNITES TRACEMAKER
Getty, P. R., & Hagadorn, J. W. (2009) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00875.x · Cited by 29 · see citing works
The oldest evidence of bioturbation on Earth: COMMENT
Brasier, M. D., McIlroy, D., Liu, A. G., Antcliffe, J. B., & Menon, L. R. (2013) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g33606c.1 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Self-citation
New Taenidium (trace fossil) in the Upper Cretaceous chalk of northwestern Europe
Ekdale, A. A., & Richter, B. (1999) · Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark · doi:10.37570/bgsd-1999-46-05 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
The pattern of evolution in Pleistocene human brain size.
Lee, S.-H., & Wolpoff, M. H. (2003) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300018054 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Late Precambrian microfossils, southeastern Newfoundland
Hofmann, H. J., Hill, J. V., & King, A. F. (1979) · doi:10.4095/124045 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Environmental Control of Trace Fossil Morphology
Knox, L. W., & Miller, M. F. (1985) · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks · doi:10.2110/pec.85.35.0167 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Comment on "Bilaterian Burrows and Grazing Behavior at >585 Million Years Ago"
Gaucher, C., Poiré, D. G., Bossi, J., Bettucci, L. S., & Beri, Á. (2013) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1230339 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Topics The Precambrian fossils of Charnwood Forest
Ford, T. D. (1999) · Geology Today · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2451.1999.00007.x · Cited by 20 · see citing works
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland: COMMENT
Retallack, G. J. (2010) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g31137c.1 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Trace fossils versus body fossils: Oldhamia recta revisited
Tacker, R. C., Martin, A. J. M., Weaver, P. G., & Lawver, D. R. (2010) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2010.01.008 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Horizontal surface traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their place within the late Ediacaran ichnological revolution
Liu, A., & McIlroy, D. (2015) · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Self-citation
Locomotion of Sea-Anemones
Parker, G. H. (1916) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2.8.449 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Three new species of deep-sea Gromia (Protista, Rhizaria) from the bathyal and abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Rothe, N., GOODAY, A. J., Cedhagen, T., Fahrni, J. F., Hughes, J. A., Page, A. M., Pearce, R., & Pawlowski, J. W. (2009) · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00540.x · Cited by 14 · see citing works
EDIACARAN FOSSILS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN
Hagadorn, J. W., & Waggoner, B. M. (2000) · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Tilting marks: Observations on tool marks resembling trace fossils and their morphological varieties
Wetzel, A. (2013) · Sedimentary Geology · doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.01.003 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Tilting marks: a wave-produced tool mark resembling a trace fossil
Wetzel, A. (1999) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(98)00096-0 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Untitled work
Collins, A. G. (2000) · doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2000)026

Flagged first, then by citations

Sorted by citations

The origin of the animals and a 'Savannah' hypothesis for early bilaterian evolution
Budd, G. E., & Jensen, S. (2017) · Biological Reviews · doi:10.1111/brv.12239 · Cited by 240 · see citing works
Remarkable insights into the paleoecology of the Avalonian Ediacaran macrobiota
Liu, A. G., Kenchington, C. G., & Mitchell, E. G. (2015) · Gondwana Research · doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.11.002 · Cited by 157 · see citing works
Self-citation
A Chronostratigraphic Framework for the Rise of the Ediacaran Macrobiota: New Constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland
Matthews, J. J., Liu, A., Yang, C., McIlroy, D., Levell, B., & Condon, D. J. (2020) · Geological Society of America Bulletin · doi:10.1130/b35646.1 · Cited by 111 · see citing works
Self-citation
Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia
Evans, S. D., Hughes, I. V., Gehlîng, J. G., & Droser, M. L. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2001045117 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
Late Ediacaran trackways produced by bilaterian animals with paired appendages
Chen, Z., Chen, X., Zhou, C., Yuan, X., & Xiao, S. (2018) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao6691 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
FRAMBOIDAL PYRITE SHROUD CONFIRMS THE ‘DEATH MASK' MODEL FOR MOLDIC PRESERVATION OF EDIACARAN SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS
Liu, A. (2016) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2015.095 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Self-citation
The early Paleozoic development of bioturbation—Evolutionary and geobiological consequences
Tarhan, L. G. (2018) · Earth-Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.01.011 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Slime travelers: Early evidence of animal mobility and feeding in an organic mat world
Evans, S. D., Gehlîng, J. G., & Droser, M. L. (2019) · Geobiology · doi:10.1111/gbi.12351 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
A mixed Ediacaran-metazoan assemblage from the Zaris Sub-basin, Namibia
Darroch, S. A. F., Boag, T. H., Racicot, R. A., Tweedt, S. M., Mason, S. J., Erwin, D. H., & Laflamme, M. (2016) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.003 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers
HERRINGSHAW, L. G., Callow, R. H. T., & McIlroy, D. (2017) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp448.18 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Self-citation
The Ediacaran Period
Xiao, S., & Narbonne, G. M. (2020) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-824360-2.00018-8 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Ediacaran discs from South America: probable soft-bodied macrofossils unlock the paleogeography of the Clymene Ocean
Arrouy, M. J., Warren, L. V., Quaglio, F., Poiré, D. G., Simões, M. G., Rosa, M. B., & Gómez-Peral, L. E. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep30590 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Ediacaran scavenging as a prelude to predation
Gehling, J. G., & Droser, M. L. (2018) · Emerging Topics in Life Sciences · doi:10.1042/etls20170166 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Ediacaran Ecosystems and the Dawn of Animals
Buatois, L. A., & Mángano, M. G. (2016) · Topics in geobiology · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9600-2_2 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
Early animal evolution and the origins of nervous systems
Budd, G. E. (2015) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0037 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Ichnological evidence for the Cambrian explosion in the Ediacaran to Cambrian succession of Tanafjord, Finnmark, northern Norway
McIlroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2016) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp448.7 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Self-citation
The discs of Avalon: Relating discoid fossils to frondose organisms in the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada
Burzynski, G., & Narbonne, G. M. (2015) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.01.014 · Cited by 52 · see citing works
Transient and stepwise ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion: Insights from carbonate δ238U of northwestern Mexico
Li, Z., Cao, M., Loyd, S. J., Algeo, T. J., Zhao, H., Wang, X., Zhao, L., & Chen, Z. (2020) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105741 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Rheotaxis in the Ediacaran epibenthic organism Parvancorina from South Australia
Paterson, J. R., Gehlîng, J. G., Droser, M. L., & Bicknell, R. D. C. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep45539 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
The Precambrian–Phanerozoic and Ediacaran–Cambrian boundaries: a historical approach to a dilemma
Geyer, G., & Landing, E. (2016) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp448.10 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
The B eothukis/ C ulmofrons problem and its bearing on E diacaran macrofossil taxonomy: evidence from an exceptional new fossil locality
Liu, A., Matthews, J. J., & McIlroy, D. (2015) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/pala.12206 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Self-citation
The role of symbiosis in the first colonization of the seafloor by macrobiota: Insights from the oldest Ediacaran biota (Newfoundland, Canada)
McIlroy, D., Dufour, S. C., Taylor, R. S., & Nicholls, R. (2021) · Biosystems · doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104413 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Self-citation
Infaunal augurs of the Cambrian explosion: An Ediacaran trace fossil assemblage from Nevada, USA
Tarhan, L. G., Myrow, P. M., Smith, E. F., Nelson, L. L., & Sadler, P. M. (2020) · Geobiology · doi:10.1111/gbi.12387 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Astronomical time scale for the middle-upper Doushantuo Formation of Ediacaran in South China: Implications for the duration of the Shuram/Wonoka negative δ13C excursion
Sui, Y., Huang, C., Zhang, R., Wang, Z., & Ogg, J. G. (2019) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109273 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Tracking bioturbation through time: The evolution of the marine sedimentary mixed and transition layers
Tarhan, L. G., Pippenger, K. H., Cribb, A. T., Zill, M. E., Phelps, W., Droser, M. L., Bottjer, D. J., & Clapham, M. E. (2025) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adu7719 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Horizontal surface traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their place within the late Ediacaran ichnological revolution
Liu, A., & McIlroy, D. (2015) · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Self-citation
A quantitative and statistical discrimination of morphotaxa within the Ediacaran genus Palaeopascichnus
Hawco, J., Kenchington, C. G., & McIlroy, D. (2019) · Papers in Palaeontology · doi:10.1002/spp2.1290 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Self-citation
The arrangement of possible muscle fibres in the Ediacaran taxon Haootia quadriformis
Liu, A. G., Matthews, J. J., Menon, L. R., McIlroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2015) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2949 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Self-citation
Taxis behaviour of burrowing organisms recorded in an Ediacaran trace fossil from Ukraine
Uchman, A., & Martyshyn, A. (2019) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109441 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
A MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EDIACARAN RANGEOMORPH TAXA BEOTHUKIS AND CULMOFRONS
Hawco, J., Kenchington, C. G., TAYLOR, R. S., & McIlroy, D. (2020) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2020.049 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Self-citation
Advent of three-dimensional sediment exploration reveals Ediacaran-Cambrian ecosystem transition
Chen, Z., & Liu, Y. (2025) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adx9449 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
General Pathophysiology of Microglia
Tremblay, M., & Verkhratsky, A. (2024) · Advances in neurobiology · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9_1 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
The Ediacaran‐Cambrian Transition
Kaufman, A. J. (2018) · Geophysical monograph · doi:10.1002/9781119382508.ch7 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Great Canadian Lagerstätten 6. Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Southeast Newfoundland
Liu, A., & Matthews, J. J. (2017) · Geoscience Canada · doi:10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.117 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Self-citation
Frond orientations with independent current indicators demonstrate the reclining rheotropic mode of life of several Ediacaran rangeomorph taxa
Pérez-Pinedo, D., Neville, J. M., Pasinetti, G., McKean, C., Taylor, R. S., & McIlroy, D. (2023) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2023.2 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Self-citation
Palaeobiology and taphonomy of the rangeomorph Culmofrons plumosa
Pasinetti, G., & McIlroy, D. (2023) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/pala.12671 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Self-citation
In situfilamentous communities from the Ediacaran (approx. 563 Ma) of Brazil
Becker-Kerber, B., de Barros, G. E. B., Paim, P. S. G., Prado, G., da Rosa, A. L. Z., Albani, A. E., & Laflamme, M. (2021) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.2618 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
A CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE RISE OF THE EDIACARAN MACROBIOTA: NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM MISTAKEN POINT ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, NEWFOUNDLAND
Matthews, J. J., Liu, A., Yang, C., McIlroy, D., Levell, B., & Condon, D. J. (2020) · Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · doi:10.1130/abs/2020am-352772 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
Self-citation
Towards Stage Subdivision of the Vendian
Grazhdankin, D. V., Aleksandrov, D., МАКСИМЕНКО, В. О., & Rogov, V. I. (2023) · Russian Geology and Geophysics · doi:10.2113/rgg20234636 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition
Liu, A., Menon, L. R., Shields, G., Callow, R. H. T., & McIlroy, D. (2016) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp448.9 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Self-citation
Evolution of Oligodendroglia and Myelin
Verkhratsky, A., Yi, C., Niu, J., & Butt, A. M. (2025) · Advances in neurobiology · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-87919-7_2 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Mistaken Point, Canada
Claudino-Sales, V. (2018) · Coastal research library · doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1528-5_18 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Contributions of Professor Martin Brasier to the study of early life, stratigraphy and biogeochemistry
Brasier, M., McIlroy, D., & McLoughlin, N. (2017) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp448.23 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Self-citation
The concept of neuroglia
Verkhratsky, A., & Butt, A. M. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-821565-4.00003-1
Edrathina obditchia, an Ediacaran stem-group ctenophore from the Fermeuse Formation of Newfoundland
Muirhead-Hunt, H., Rosse-Guillevic, S., & McIlroy, D. (2026) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2026.1882499
Self-citation

First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland
Liu, A. G., Mcllroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2010) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g30368.1 · Cited by 174 · see citing works
Self-citation
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland: COMMENT
Retallack, G. J. (2010) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g31137c.1 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland: REPLY
Liu, A. G., McIlroy, D., & Brasier, M. D. (2010) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g31448y.1 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Self-citation
Spindle-shaped Ediacara fossils from the Mistaken Point assemblage, Avalon Zone, Newfoundland
Gehlîng, J. G., & Narbonne, G. M. (2007) · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · doi:10.1139/e07-003 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Horizontal surface traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their place within the late Ediacaran ichnological revolution
Liu, A., & McIlroy, D. (2015) · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Self-citation

Authors: LIU, A. G., MCILROY, D., MATTHEWS, J. J., & BRASIER, M. D.
Affiliations: Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
University of Oxford (GB)
ORCID: LIU, ALEXANDER G.
MCILROY, DUNCAN
MATTHEWS, JACK J.
Venue: Palaios
Publisher: Society for Sedimentary Geology
Published: 2014-08-01
Volume: 29
Issue: 8
Pages: 420-430
ISSN: 0883-1351 (ISSN-L)
1938-5323
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2014.011
OpenAlex: W2134286500
Cited by: 45
References: 80
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 4.38
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
research-information.bris.ac.uk
Licence: other-oa
Locations: Palaios (publishedVersion)
Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Department of Earth Sciences EPrints Repository (acceptedVersion)
BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: University of Oxford
Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Girton College, University of Cambridge
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Natural Environment Research Council
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: turbidites, locomotion mechanism, Ediacaran biota

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

CONFIRMING THE METAZOAN CHARACTER OF A 565 MA TRACE-FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM MISTAKEN POINT, NEWFOUNDLAND

Abstract

Integrity signals

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Self-check

Cites

Cited by

Related

Record

About these checks