The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms

doi:10.1144/jgs2016-142

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	The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms
	Cunningham, John A.1,2,3; Vargas, Kelly 1; Yin, Zongjun （殷宗军）4 ; Bengtson, Stefan 2,3; Donoghue, Philip C. J.1
	2017-09-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
ISSN	0016-7649
卷号	174 期号:5 页码:793-802
摘要	The Weng'an Biota is a fossil Konservat-Lagerstatte in South China that is c. 570 - 609 myr old and provides an unparalleled snapshot of marine life during the interval in which molecular clocks estimate that animal clades were diversifying. It yields fossils that are three-dimensionally preserved in calcium phosphate with cellular and sometimes subcellular fidelity. The biota includes candidates for the oldest animals in the fossil record, including embryonic, larval and adult forms. We argue that, although the Weng'an Biota includes forms that could be animals, none can currently be assigned to this group with confidence. Nonetheless, the biota offers a rare and valuable window on the evolution of multicellular and soft-bodied organisms in the prelude to the Cambrian radiation.
DOI	10.1144/jgs2016-142
语种	英语
关键词[WOS]	Embryo-like Fossils ; South China ; Animal Embryos ; Experimental Taphonomy ; Origin ; Microfossils ; Acritarchs ; Guizhou ; Record ; Phosphorites
资助项目	Natural Environment Research Council[NE/J018325/1] ; Natural Environment Research Council[NE/F00348X/1] ; Natural Environment Research Council[NE/P013678/1] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41672013] ; Science Without Borders Program (CNPq, Brazil) ; Danish National Research Foundation[DNRF53] ; Swedish Research Council[2010-3929] ; Swedish Research Council[2013-4290] ; Leverhulme Trust ; Royal Society
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000412699500001
项目资助者	Natural Environment Research Council ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Science Without Borders Program (CNPq, Brazil) ; Danish National Research Foundation ; Swedish Research Council ; Leverhulme Trust ; Royal Society
出版者	GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/18940
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所其他
通讯作者	Cunningham, John A.
作者单位	1.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg,24 Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, Avon, England 2.Swedish Museum Nat Hist, Dept Palaeobiol, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden 3.Swedish Museum Nat Hist, Nord Ctr Earth Evolut, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cunningham, John A.,Vargas, Kelly,Yin, Zongjun ,et al. The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms[J]. JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,2017,174(5):793-802.
APA	Cunningham, John A.,Vargas, Kelly,Yin, Zongjun ,Bengtson, Stefan,&Donoghue, Philip C. J..(2017).The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms.JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,174(5),793-802.
MLA	Cunningham, John A.,et al."The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms".JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 174.5(2017):793-802.