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Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period by Schiffbauer, James D., Selly, Tara, Jacquet, Sarah M., Merz, Rachel A., Nelson, Lyle L., Strange, Michael A., Cai, Yaoping, Smith, Emily F.

“…The fossil record of the terminal Ediacaran Period is typified by the iconic index fossil Cloudina and its relatives. These tube-dwellers are presumed to be…”
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Ediacaran biozones identified with network analysis provide evidence for pulsed extinctions of early complex life by Muscente, A. D., Bykova, Natalia, Boag, Thomas H., Buatois, Luis A., Mángano, M. Gabriela, Eleish, Ahmed, Prabhu, Anirudh, Pan, Feifei, Meyer, Michael B., Schiffbauer, James D., Fox, Peter, Hazen, Robert M., Knoll, Andrew H.

“…Rocks of Ediacaran age (~635–541 Ma) contain the oldest fossils of large, complex organisms and their behaviors. These fossils document developmental and…”
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Preservation of early Tonian macroalgal fossils from the Dolores Creek Formation, Yukon by Maloney, Katie M., Schiffbauer, James D., Halverson, Galen P., Xiao, Shuhai, Laflamme, Marc

“…The rise of eukaryotic macroalgae in the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic was a critical development in Earth’s history that triggered dramatic…”
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Global controls on phosphatization of fossils during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event by Sinha, Sinjini, Muscente, A. D., Schiffbauer, James D., Williams, Matt, Schweigert, Günter, Martindale, Rowan C.

“…Konservat-Lagerstätten—deposits with exceptionally preserved fossils—vary in abundance across geographic and stratigraphic space due to paleoenvironmental…”
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Interactions between Ediacaran animals and microbial mats: Insights from Lamonte trevallis, a new trace fossil from the Dengying Formation of South China by Meyer, Mike, Xiao, Shuhai, Gill, Benjamin C., Schiffbauer, James D., Chen, Zhe, Zhou, Chuanming, Yuan, Xunlai

“…A new ichnogenus and ichnospecies, Lamonte trevallis, is formally described from the Shibantan Member limestone of the upper Ediacaran Dengying Formation,…”
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Herpetogaster collinsi from the Cambrian of China elucidates the dispersal and palaeogeographic distribution of early deuterostomes and the origin of the ambulacrarian larva by Yang, Xianfeng, Kimmig, Julien, Schiffbauer, James D., Peng, Shanchi

“…The Cambrian Radiation represents one of the largest diversification events in Earth history. While the resulting taxonomic diversity is exceptional,…”
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First palaeoscolecid from the Cambrian Marjum Formation of western Utah, USA by Leibach, Wade W, Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy, Whitaker, Anna F, Schiffbauer, James D, Kimmig, Julien

“…The middle Marjum Formation is one of five Miaolingian Burgess Shale-type deposits in Utah, USA. It preserves a diverse non-biomineralized fossil assemblage,…”
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Resolving taphonomic and preparation biases in silicified faunas through paired acid residues and X-ray microscopy by Jacobs, Gabriel S, Jacquet, Sarah Monique, Selly, Tara, Schiffbauer, James D, Huntley, John Warren

“…Paired petrography and acid maceration has shown that preferential silicification of shelly faunas can bias recovery based on taxon and body size. Here,…”
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The exceptional preservation of Aix-en-Provence spider fossils could have been facilitated by diatoms by Olcott, Alison N., Downen, Matthew R., Schiffbauer, James D., Selden, Paul A.

“…Abstract Much of our understanding of the history of life on Earth comes from fossil sites with exceptional preservation. Here, we use microscopy and chemical…”
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X-ray tomographic microscopy of Eocene coprolites from Pipestone Springs Main Pocket, southwest Montana by Jacquet, Sarah M., Webb, Jeremy-Louis, Huntley, John Warren, Selly, Tara, Schiffbauer, James D.

“…The Eocene Pipestone Springs Main Pocket (Renova Formation, Jefferson County, Montana, United States of America) is a locality renowned for its diverse…”
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Paleontology: Paleogastronomy in the Ediacaran by Schiffbauer, James D.

“…Preserved lipid biomarkers provide a unique window onto the biology of fossil organisms. A new study uses lipids to assess the gut contents of three fossils…”
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Comment on "Fossilized nuclei and germination structures identify Ediacaran 'animal embryos' as encysting protists" by Xiao, Shuhai, Knoll, Andrew H, Schiffbauer, James D, Zhou, Chuanming, Yuan, Xunlai

“…On the basis of putative nuclei and endospores, Huldtgren et al. (Reports, 23 December 2011, p. 1696) propose that embryo-like Doushantuo microfossils are…”
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A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten by Kimmig, Julien, Schiffbauer, James D.

“…Fossil-Lagerstätten are amongst the most important windows onto the paleobiology of ancient ecosystems. Inconsistencies surrounding what constitutes a…”
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Paleontology: Ediacaran ecology drove ocean ventilation by Schiffbauer, James D, Bykova, Natalia

“…Fluid dynamics modeling of an Ediacaran ecosystem illustrates an important positive feedback loop between early multicellular organisms and environmental water…”
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Validation of the MR Simulation Approach for Evaluating the Effects of Immersion on Visual Analysis of Volume Data by Laha, B., Bowman, D. A., Schiffbauer, J. D.

“…In our research agenda to study the effects of immersion (level of fidelity) on various tasks in virtual reality (VR) systems, we have found that the most…”
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X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY AS A MEANS TO SYSTEMATICALLY TRACK EXPERIMENTAL DECAY AND FOSSILIZATION by Selly, Tara, Schiffbauer, James D.

“…Laboratory-based decay experiments have become commonly used to supplement our understanding of how organisms enter the fossil record. Differences in how these…”
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Ultrastructure of Ediacaran cloudinids suggests diverse taphonomic histories and affinities with non-biomineralized annelids by Yang, Ben, Steiner, Michael, Schiffbauer, James D., Selly, Tara, Wu, Xuwen, Zhang, Cong, Liu, Pengju

“…Cloudinids have long been considered the earliest biomineralizing metazoans, but their affinities have remained contentious and undetermined. Based on…”
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A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression by Schiffbauer, James D., Xiao, Shuhai, Cai, Yaoping, Wallace, Adam F., Hua, Hong, Hunter, Jerry, Xu, Huifang, Peng, Yongbo, Kaufman, Alan J.

“…Soft-tissue fossils capture exquisite biological detail and provide our clearest views onto the rise of animals across the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. The…”
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Petrographic and SIMS pyrite sulfur isotope analyses of Ediacaran chert nodules: Implications for microbial processes in pyrite rim formation, silicification, and exceptional fossil preservation by Xiao, Shuhai, Schiffbauer, James D., McFadden, Kathleen A., Hunter, Jerry

“…The lower Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Yangtze Gorges area contains exceptionally preserved microfossils, including the earliest known animal resting…”
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Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression by Cai, Yaoping, Schiffbauer, James D., Hua, Hong, Xiao, Shuhai

“…Burgess Shale-type (BST) fossils often are preserved as two-dimensional carbonaceous compressions, sometimes aided by two mineralization processes:…”
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