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Microbial mats in terminal Proterozoic siliciclastics; Ediacaran death masks
- J. G. Gehling
- Geology
- 1 February 1999
A variety of sedimentary structures and patterns in Proterozoic siliciclastic sedimentary rocks cannot be explained by known inorganic processes. In particular, certain bed-surface textures, and… Expand
The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella Terranovica
- J. G. Gehling, G. Narbonne, M. Anderson
- Geology
- 1 September 2000
Aspidella terranovica Billings, 1872 was first described from the late Neoproterozoic Fermeuse Formation (St. John's Group) on the Avalon Peninsula of eastern Newfoundland, approximately 1km… Expand
Life after snowball: The oldest complex Ediacaran fossils
- G. Narbonne, J. G. Gehling
- Geology
- 2003
Newly discovered fronds of the Ediacaran index fossil Charnia from the Drook Formation of southeastern Newfoundland are the oldest large, architecturally complex fossils known anywhere. Two species… Expand
Paleoecology of the oldest known animal communities: Ediacaran assemblages at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
- M. E. Clapham, G. Narbonne, J. G. Gehling
- Geology
- 1 September 2003
Abstract Ediacaran fossils at Mistaken Point, southeastern Newfoundland (terminal Neoproterozoic; 565–575 Ma) represent the oldest known animal communities. In contrast to most Phanerozoic fossil… Expand
The Ediacaran emergence of bilaterians: congruence between the genetic and the geological fossil records
- K. Peterson, J. Cotton, J. G. Gehling, D. Pisani
- Biology, Medicine
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
- 27 April 2008
Unravelling the timing of the metazoan radiation is crucial for elucidating the macroevolutionary processes associated with the Cambrian explosion. Because estimates of metazoan divergence times… Expand
Burrowing below the basal Cambrian GSSP, Fortune Head, Newfoundland
- J. G. Gehling, S. Jensen, M. Droser, P. Myrow, G. Narbonne
- Geology
- 1 March 2001
The range of Treptichnus pedum , the index trace fossil for the Treptichnus pedum Zone, extends some 4 m below the Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point for the base of the Cambrian Period at… Expand
Paleoenvironmental analysis of the late Neoproterozoic Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations, southeastern Newfoundland
- D. A. Wood, R. W. Dalrymple, G. Narbonne, J. G. Gehling, M. E. Clapham
- Geology
- 1 October 2003
The Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations (Conception and St. John's groups, respectively) comprise a terminal Neoproterozoic, deep-marine succession of fine-grained turbidites and volcanogenic… Expand
Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments
- S. Jensen, J. G. Gehling, M. Droser
- Geology
- Nature
- 11 June 1998
Fossil assemblages that preserve soft-bodied organisms are essential for our understanding of the composition and diversity of past life. The worldwide terminal Proterozoic Ediacara-type fossils… Expand
Complex trace fossils from the terminal Proterozoic of Namibia
- S. Jensen, B. Saylor, J. G. Gehling, G. J. Germs
- Geology
- 1 February 2000
We document for the first time the occurrence of the complex trace fossil Treptichnus from the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group, Namibia. These traces differ in detail from the Cambrian index fossil… Expand