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Ediacaran distributions in space and time: testing assemblage concepts of earliest macroscopic body fossils by Boag, Thomas H, Darroch, Simon A. F, Laflamme, Marc

“…The mid-late Ediacaran Period (∼579–541 Ma) is characterized by globally distributed marine soft-bodied organisms of unclear phylogenetic affinities…”
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Pentaradial eukaryote suggests expansion of suspension feeding in White Sea-aged Ediacaran communities by Cracknell, Kelsie, García-Bellido, Diego C., Gehling, James G., Ankor, Martin J., Darroch, Simon A. F., Rahman, Imran A.

“…Suspension feeding is a key ecological strategy in modern oceans that provides a link between pelagic and benthic systems. Establishing when suspension feeding…”
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Inference of facultative mobility in the enigmatic Ediacaran organism Parvancorina by Darroch, Simon A. F., Rahman, Imran A., Gibson, Brandt, Racicot, Rachel A., Laflamme, Marc

“…Establishing how Ediacaran organisms moved and fed is critical to deciphering their ecological and evolutionary significance, but has long been confounded by…”
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Water vascular system architecture in an Ordovician ophiuroid by Clark, Elizabeth G., Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S., Darroch, Simon A. F., Briggs, Derek E. G.

“…Understanding the water vascular system (WVS) in early fossil echinoderms is critical to elucidating the evolution of this system in extant forms. Here we…”
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Rarity in mass extinctions and the future of ecosystems by Hull, Pincelli M., Darroch, Simon A. F., Erwin, Douglas H.

“…The fossil record provides striking case studies of biodiversity loss and global ecosystem upheaval. Because of this, many studies have sought to assess the…”
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Skeletal correlates for body mass estimation in modern and fossil flying birds by Field, Daniel J, Lynner, Colton, Brown, Christian, Darroch, Simon A F

“…Scaling relationships between skeletal dimensions and body mass in extant birds are often used to estimate body mass in fossil crown-group birds, as well as in…”
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Palaeocene–Eocene evolution of beta diversity among ungulate mammals in North America by Darroch, Simon A. F, Webb, Amelinda E, Longrich, Nicholas, Belmaker, Jonathan

“…AIM: The Palaeocene–late Eocene transition in North America marks a critical interval in the evolution and diversification of land mammals, including adaptive…”
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Population structure of the oldest known macroscopic communities from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland by Darroch, Simon A. F, Laflamme, Marc, Clapham, Matthew E

“…The presumed affinities of the Terminal Neoproterozoic Ediacara biota have been much debated. However, even in the absence of concrete evidence for…”
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Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota by Darroch, Simon A. F., Sperling, Erik A., Boag, Thomas H., Racicot, Rachel A., Mason, Sara J., Morgan, Alex S., Tweedt, Sarah, Myrow, Paul, Johnston, David T., Erwin, Douglas H., Laflamme, Marc

“…The latest Neoproterozoic extinction of the Ediacara biota has been variously attributed to catastrophic removal by perturbations to global geochemical cycles,…”
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Response of beta diversity to pulses of Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction by Darroch, Simon A. F, Wagner, Peter J

“…Ecologists are increasingly using the fossil record of mass extinction to build predictive models for the ongoing biodiversity crisis. During mass extinctions,…”
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Himatiichnus mangano igen. et isp. nov., a scalidophoran trace fossil from the late Ediacaran of Namibia by Turk, Katherine A, Pulsipher, Mikaela A, Mocke, Helke, Laflamme, Marc, Darroch, Simon A F

“…igen. et isp. nov., a new trace fossil from the late Ediacaran Huns Member of the Urusis Formation, southern Namibia, comprises intertwining tubes exhibiting…”
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Ancient life and moving fluids by Gibson, Brandt M., Furbish, David J., Rahman, Imran A., Schmeeckle, Mark W., Laflamme, Marc, Darroch, Simon A.F.

“…ABSTRACT Over 3.7 billion years of Earth history, life has evolved complex adaptations to help navigate and interact with the fluid environment. Consequently,…”
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Increase in metazoan ecosystem engineering prior to the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary in the Nama Group, Namibia by Cribb, Alison T., Kenchington, Charlotte G., Koester, Bryce, Gibson, Brandt M., Boag, Thomas H., Racicot, Rachel A., Mocke, Helke, Laflamme, Marc, Darroch, Simon A. F.

“…The disappearance of the soft-bodied Ediacara biota at the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary potentially represents the earliest mass extinction of complex life,…”
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High ecological complexity in benthic Ediacaran communities by Darroch, Simon A. F., Laflamme, Marc, Wagner, Peter J.

“…A long-running debate over the affinities of the Neoproterozoic ‘Ediacara biota’ has led to contrasting interpretations of Ediacaran ecosystem complexity. A…”
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Reconstructing the feeding ecology of Cambrian sponge reefs: the case for active suspension feeding in Archaeocyatha by Gibson, Brandt M, Chipman, Max, Attanasio, Paolo, Qureshi, Zaid, Darroch, Simon A F, Rahman, Imran A, Laflamme, Marc

“…Sponge-grade Archaeocyatha were early Cambrian biomineralizing metazoans that constructed reefs globally. Despite decades of research, many facets of…”
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EXPERIMENTAL FORMATION OF A MICROBIAL DEATH MASK by DARROCH, SIMON A. F, LAFLAMME, MARC, SCHIFFBAUER, JAMES D, BRIGGS, DEREK E. G

“…This study represents a first attempt to observe soft-tissue decay in association with microbial mats, in order to recreate the death-mask model proposed for…”
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Ediacaran Extinction and Cambrian Explosion by Darroch, Simon A.F., Smith, Emily F., Laflamme, Marc, Erwin, Douglas H.

“…The Ediacaran–Cambrian (E–C) transition marks the most important geobiological revolution of the past billion years, including the Earth’s first crisis of…”
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Geobiology: Machine learning puts bioturbation on the map by Cribb, Alison T, Darroch, Simon A F

“…Bioturbation, the mixing of sediment through the actions of organisms, is a crucial ecosystem engineering process that controls biogeochemical cycles and helps…”
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How to engineer a habitable planet: the rise of marine ecosystem engineers through the Phanerozoic by Cribb, Alison T., Darroch, Simon A. F.

“…Ecosystem engineers are organisms that modify their physical habitats in a way that alters resource availability and the structure of the communities they live…”
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The preservation potential of terrestrial biogeographic patterns by Darroch, Simon A F, Fraser, Danielle, Casey, Michelle M

“…Extinction events in the geological past are similar to the present-day biodiversity crisis in that they have a pronounced biogeography, producing dramatic…”
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