The role of iron in the formation of Ediacaran ‘death masks’

The developmental biology of Charnia and the eumetazoan affinity of the Ediacaran rangeomorphs

(2021) Frances S. Dunn et al.   Science Advances

Anoxia can increase the rate of decay for cnidarian tissue: Using Actinia equina to understand the early fossil record

(2020) Anthony D. Hancy et al.   Geobiology

Experimental evidence supports early silica cementation of the Ediacara Biota

(2020) Silvina Slagter et al.   GEOLOGY

Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia: COMMENT

(2019) Lidya G. Tarhan et al.   GEOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL PRESERVATION OF MUSCLE TISSUE IN QUARTZ SAND AND KAOLINITE

(2019) SHARON A. NEWMAN et al.   PALAIOS

Sulfate-reducing bacteria influence the nucleation and growth of mackinawite and greigite

(2018) Aude Picard et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

EDIACARAN-STYLE DECAY EXPERIMENTS USING MOLLUSKS AND SEA ANEMONES

(2018) BRANDT M. GIBSON et al.   PALAIOS

Late inception of a resiliently oxygenated upper ocean

(2018) Wanyi Lu et al.   SCIENCE

Ediacaran Extinction and Cambrian Explosion

(2018) Simon A.F. Darroch et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

An evaluation of sedimentary molybdenum and iron as proxies for pore fluid paleoredox conditions

(2018) Dalton S. Hardisty et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

The iron paleoredox proxies: A guide to the pitfalls, problems and proper practice

(2018) Rob Raiswell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Resolution of the earliest metazoan record: Differential taphonomy of Ediacaran and Paleozoic fossil molds and casts

(2018) Breandán Anraoi MacGabhann et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The late-stage “ferruginization” of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): Insights from uranium isotopes

(2017) L. G. Tarhan et al.   Geobiology

A geochemical study of the Ediacaran discoidal fossil Aspidella preserved in limestones: Implications for its taphonomy and paleoecology

(2017) N. Bykova et al.   Geobiology

Exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages through geologic time and space

(2017) A.D. Muscente et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

DECAY OF THE SEA ANEMONE METRIDIUM (ACTINIARIA): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CNIDARIAN POLYPS AND OTHER SOFT-BODIED DIPLOBLAST-GRADE ANIMALS

(2017) SEAN McMAHON et al.   PALAIOS

Quantitative study of developmental biology confirms Dickinsonia as a metazoan

(2017) Renee S. Hoekzema et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exceptional preservation of soft-bodied Ediacara Biota promoted by silica-rich oceans

(2016) Lidya G. Tarhan et al.   GEOLOGY

FRAMBOIDAL PYRITE SHROUD CONFIRMS THE ‘DEATH MASK' MODEL FOR MOLDIC PRESERVATION OF EDIACARAN SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS

(2016) ALEXANDER G. LIU   PALAIOS

Low-oxygen waters limited habitable space for early animals

(2016) R. Tostevin et al.   Nature Communications

Ancestral state reconstruction of ontogeny supports a bilaterian affinity forDickinsonia

(2015) David A. Gold et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Dynamic redox conditions control late Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems in the Nama Group, Namibia

(2015) R.A. Wood et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Taphonomy and morphology of the Ediacara form genus Aspidella

(2015) Lidya G. Tarhan et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Assessing the utility of Fe/Al and Fe-speciation to record water column redox conditions in carbonate-rich sediments

(2014) M.O. Clarkson et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Iron isotopes in an Archean ocean analogue

(2014) Vincent Busigny et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Reconciling disparate views of template-directed nucleation through measurement of calcite nucleation kinetics and binding energies

(2014) L. M. Hamm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression

(2014) James D. Schiffbauer et al.   Nature Communications

New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications

(2014) Zhe Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Polysaccharide chemistry regulates kinetics of calcite nucleation through competition of interfacial energies

(2013) Anthony J. Giuffre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sustained low marine sulfate concentrations from the Neoproterozoic to the Cambrian: Insights from carbonates of northwestern Mexico and eastern California

(2012) Sean J. Loyd et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Taphonomic study of Ediacaran organic-walled fossils confirms the importance of clay minerals and pyrite in Burgess Shale−type preservation

(2011) Evan P. Anderson et al.   GEOLOGY

A Stratified Redox Model for the Ediacaran Ocean

(2010) C. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Remarkable preservation of microbial mats in Neoproterozoic siliciclastic settings: Implications for Ediacaran taphonomic models

(2009) Richard H.T. Callow et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin

(2009) Úna C. Farrell et al.   GEOLOGY

Kinetics of Silica Nucleation on Carboxyl- and Amine-Terminated Surfaces: Insights for Biomineralization

(2009) Adam F. Wallace et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Eight-armed Ediacara fossil preserved in contrasting taphonomic windows from China and Australia

(2008) Maoyan Zhu et al.   GEOLOGY

Hydrogen sulphide release to surface waters at the Precambrian/Cambrian boundary

(2008) Martin Wille et al.   NATURE

On the coevolution of Ediacaran oceans and animals

(2008) Y. Shen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ferruginous Conditions Dominated Later Neoproterozoic Deep-Water Chemistry

(2008) D. E. Canfield et al.   SCIENCE

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

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