Search Results - "Zhang, XingLiang"

A highly redox-heterogeneous ocean in South China during the early Cambrian (∼529–514 Ma): Implications for biota-environment co-evolution by Jin, Chengsheng, Li, Chao, Algeo, Thomas J., Planavsky, Noah J., Cui, Hao, Yang, Xinglian, Zhao, Yuanlong, Zhang, Xingliang, Xie, Shucheng

“…The “Cambrian Explosion” is known for rapid increases in the morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity of metazoans. It has been widely proposed that…”
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Non-metazoan affinity of embryo-like Megasphaera fossils from the Ediacaran Zhenba microfossil assemblage by Zhang, Yuan, Zhang, Xingliang

“…[Display omitted] •Numerous and diverse specimens of Megasphaera were recovered from the Ediacaran Zhenba microfossil assemblage.•Two new types of specimens…”
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Cyanobacterial and fungi-like microbial fossils from the earliest Cambrian phosphorite of South China by Cui, Linhao, Liu, Wei, Li, Jinhua, Zhang, Xingliang

“…Microbes, as essential components of any ecosystem for their metabolic capabilities of driving energy and matter cycles, must have been omnipresent in the…”
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Mass Extinction Coincided With Expanded Continental Margin Euxinia During the Cambrian Age 4 by Chang, Chao, Hu, Wenxuan, Huang, Kang‐Jun, Wang, Zhenfei, Zhang, Xingliang

“…Earth's biosphere witnessed the first major extinction event in the Phanerozoic during the Cambrian Age 4, with a genera loss up to ∼45%. The traditional view…”
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New materials reveal Shaanxilithes as a Cloudina-like organism of the late Ediacaran by Wang, Xin, Zhang, Xingliang, Zhang, Yuan, Cui, Linhao, Li, Luoyang

“…•Shaanxilithes is a tube in tube organism, rather than a ribbon-shaped trace fossil as previously suggested.•Shaanxilithes- and Helanoichnus-type specimens are…”
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New Megasphaera-like microfossils reveal their reproductive strategies by Zhang, Yuan, Zhang, Xingliang

“…•New materials of Ediacaran Megasphaera-like microfossils from Zhenba County, Southern Shaanxi Province, China, were reported.•Development of cell surface…”
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The Qingjiang biota-A Burgess Shale-type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China by Fu, Dongjing, Tong, Guanghui, Dai, Tao, Liu, Wei, Yang, Yuning, Zhang, Yuan, Cui, Linhao, Li, Luoyang, Yun, Hao, Wu, Yu, Sun, Ao, Liu, Cong, Pei, Wenrui, Gaines, Robert R, Zhang, Xingliang

“…Burgess Shale-type fossil Lagerstätten provide the best evidence for deciphering the biotic patterns and magnitude of the Cambrian explosion. Here, we report a…”
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Phosphatized microbial fossils from the lowest Cambrian of South China and their ecological and environmental implications for the Kuanchuanpu biota by Cui, Linhao, Liu, Wei, Zhang, Xingliang

“…•Diverse microbial fossils are described from the Cambrian Fortunian cherts.•High preservation fidelity provides evidence for comparing to extant…”
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Birth and early evolution of metazoans by Shu, Degan, Isozaki, Yukio, Zhang, Xingliang, Han, Jan, Maruyama, Shigenori

“…The reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree of animals (TOA) has long been one of the central interests in biological and paleobiological sciences. We review…”
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Nitrogen cycling during the peak Cambrian explosion by Chang, Chao, Wang, Zhenfei, Huang, Kang-Jun, Yun, Hao, Zhang, Xingliang

“…Previous studies on early-Cambrian nitrogen (N) cycle suggested a modern-type nitrogen reservoir with elevated nitrate (NO3−) availability in a globally…”
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Molybdenum isotope-based redox deviation driven by continental margin euxinia during the early Cambrian by Qin, Zheng, Xu, Dongtao, Kendall, Brian, Zhang, Xingliang, Ou, Qiang, Wang, Xinqiang, Li, Jie, Liu, Jingao

“…Oceanic redox changes may be a key environmental trigger for the “Cambrian explosion”. However, a hypothesized predominantly oxygenated early Cambrian ocean,…”
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Complex hierarchical microstructures of Cambrian mollusk Pelagiella: insight into early biomineralization and evolution by Li, Luoyang, Zhang, Xingliang, Yun, Hao, Li, Guoxiang

“…Shell microstructure and mineralogy of Pelagiella madianensis Zhou & Xiao, 1984, a globally distributed Cambrian micromollusk, are investigated based on…”
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Nitrogen isotope evidence for an oligotrophic shallow ocean during the Cambrian Stage 4 by Chang, Chao, Hu, Wenxuan, Wang, Xiaolin, Huang, Kang-Jun, Yang, Aihua, Zhang, Xingliang

“…Following the Cambrian Explosion, a significant extinction event occurred during the Cambrian Stage 4, with the extinction rate second only to that experienced…”
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New paleoscolecid worms from the early Cambrian north margin of the Yangtze Platform, South China by Yang, Yuning, Zhang, Xingliang, Zhao, Yuanlong, Qi, Yiru, Cui, Linhao

“…The Cambrian Yanwangbian assemblage (Series 2, Stage 4) in South Shaanxi, China, is one of the Burgess Shale-type faunas as it represents the only relatively…”
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Depression and Risk for Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis by Yu, Min, MD, Zhang, Xingliang, MD, Lu, Feng, MD, Fang, Le, PhD

“…Abstract Objective Many studies have reported the relationship between depression and diabetes, but the results have been inconsistent. Our aim was to conduct…”
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Skeletal fossils and microfacies analysis of the lowermost Cambrian in the southwestern margin of the North China Platform by Yun, Hao, Zhang, Xingliang, Li, Luoyang, Zhang, Meiqi, Liu, Wei

“…•Diverse skeletal fossils from lowermost Cambrian of North China Platform are reported.•Fossils support the proximity of paleogeographic position of North…”
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New anomalocaridids (Panarthropoda: Radiodonta) from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte: Biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications by Wu, Yu, Ma, Jiaxin, Lin, Weiliang, Sun, Ao, Zhang, Xingliang, Fu, Dongjing

“…Radiodonts are a morphologically and ecologically diverse clade of stem-group euarthropods that occupied numerous ecological niches in early animal ecosystems…”
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Phosphatic carapace of the waptiid arthropod Chuandianella ovata and biomineralization of ecdysozoans by Liu, Cong, Fu, Dongjing, Zhang, Xingliang, Álvaro, Javier

“…Arthropods other than trilobites or bradoriids constitute a major component of many Cambrian Burgess‐Shale‐type Lagerstätten. Owing to their scarcity in other…”
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Nanoscale characterization of Ediacaran microfossils from lower Doushantuo formation chert nodules by Cheng, Shiqi, Feng, Lianjun, Zhang, Chaoqun, Cui, Linhao, Liu, Wei, Qiu, Hao, He, Shi, Chu, Xuelei, Zhang, Xingliang, Li, Jinhua

“…Microfossils identification, especially in very old rocks, is extremely challenging because morphological and chemical signatures of microfossils are subtle…”
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Hg isotope evidence for oceanic oxygenation during the Cambrian Explosion by Fan, Haifeng, Fu, Xuewu, Yang, Ruofei, Wen, Hanjie, Hu, Chunlin, Ward, Jack F., Zhang, Hongjie, Zhang, Hui, Zhang, Xingliang

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