• DOI:10.1038/31215
Corpus ID: 205001064

Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments

@article{Jensen1998EdiacaratypeFI,
  title={Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments},
  author={S. Jensen and J. G. Gehling and M. Droser},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1998},
  volume={393},
  pages={567-569}
}

• S. Jensen, J. G. Gehling, M. Droser
• Published 1998
• Geology
• Nature

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 (from ∼600–544 Myr BP) are unique in consisting of soft-bodied animals, which are typically preserved as impressions in coarse-grained sediments. These Lagerstätten are also special because they pre-date the major burst of skeletonization, which occurred near the start of the Cambrian period. Most… Expand

View on Nature

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed