Ancient steroids establish the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia as one of the earliest animals

Molecular fossils from organically preserved Ediacara biota reveal cyanobacterial origin for Beltanelliformis

(2018) Ilya Bobrovskiy et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Highly regulated growth and development of the Ediacara macrofossil Dickinsonia costata

(2017) Scott D. Evans et al.   PLoS One

Hopanoids play a role in stress tolerance and nutrient storage in the cyanobacteriumNostoc punctiforme

(2016) J. N. Ricci et al.   Geobiology

Sterol and genomic analyses validate the sponge biomarker hypothesis

(2016) David A. Gold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sterol metabolism in the filastereanCapsaspora owczarzakihas features that resemble both fungi and animals

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The advent of animals: The view from the Ediacaran

(2015) Mary L. Droser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Patterns of Evolution of the Ediacaran Soft-Bodied Biota

(2014) Dmitriy Grazhdankin   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Affirming life aquatic for the Ediacara biota in China and Australia

(2013) Shuhai Xiao et al.   GEOLOGY

Diverse capacity for 2-methylhopanoid production correlates with a specific ecological niche

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Tailing of Chromatographic Peaks in GC-MS Caused by Interaction of Halogenated Solvents with the Ion Source

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Identification of 24-n-propylidenecholesterol in a member of the Foraminifera

(2013) Jonathan Grabenstatter et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Trace fossils of precambrian metazoans “Vendobionta” and “Mollusks”

(2013) A. Yu. Ivantsov   STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: a developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus

(2011) JONATHAN B. ANTCLIFFE et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Feeding traces of proarticulata—the Vendian metazoa

(2011) A. Yu. Ivantsov   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

(2011) D. H. Erwin et al.   SCIENCE

A placozoan affinity for Dickinsonia and the evolution of late Proterozoic metazoan feeding modes

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Phylogenetic Distribution of Fungal Sterols

(2010) John D. Weete et al.   PLoS One

Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes

(2010) P. V. Welander et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

(2009) Gordon D. Love et al.   NATURE

Giant Deep-Sea Protist Produces Bilaterian-like Traces

(2008) Mikhail V. Matz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sterols in red and green algae: quantification, phylogeny, and relevance for the interpretation of geologic steranes

(2008) R. B. KODNER et al.   Geobiology

Assessing biomarker syngeneity using branched alkanes with quaternary carbon (BAQCs) and other plastic contaminants

(2008) Jochen J. Brocks et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Sterols in a unicellular relative of the metazoans

(2008) R. B. Kodner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On the eve of animal radiation: phylogeny, ecology and evolution of the Ediacara biota

(2008) Shuhai Xiao et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION