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555 myo fossils reveal early Arkarua feeding habits An international team of researchers has shed light on the feeding mode of Pentaradial Arkarua, strange, alien-like creature. By Annemarie Gaskin, University of Adelaide. University of Adelaide Newsroom, cosmos, April 6, 2021 The open access paper is: Cracknell, K., García-Bellido, D.C., Gehling, J.G. et al. Pentaradial eukaryote suggests expansion of suspension feeding in White Sea-aged Ediacaran communities. Scientific Reports 11, 4121 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83452-1 Yours, Paul H.

Schiffbauer, J. D., J. W. Huntley, G. R. O’Neil, S. A.F. Darroch, M. Laflamme, and Y. Cai, 2016, The Latest Ediacaran Wormworld Fauna: Setting the Ecological Stage for the Cambrian Explosion. GSA Today. V. 26, no. 11, pp. 4-11. http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/26/11/pdf/i1052-5173-26-11-4.pdf http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/26/11/article/i1052-5173-26-11-4.htm http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/26/11/ Schiffbauer, J. D., 2016, The age of tubes: A window into biological transition at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. Geology. v. 44 no. 11 p. 975-976 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/44/11/975.full Yours, Paul H.

Cementing a theory about the sea creatures of the Ediacara Biota by Jim Shelton, Yale University, October 6, 2016 http://news.yale.edu/2016/10/06/cementing-theory-about-sea-creatures-ediacara-biota Ancient ocean quirk left us these bizarre fossils By Jim Shelton, Fossils, Yale University, October 11, 2016 http://www.futurity.org/fossils-oceans-1268312-2/ Tarhan, L. G., A. V. S. Hood, M. L. Droser, J. G. Gehling, and D. E.G. Briggs, 2016, Exceptional preservation of soft-bodied Ediacara Biota promoted by silica-rich oceans Geology, G38542.1, first published on October 3, 2016, doi:10.1130/G38542.1 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2016/10/03/G38542.1.abstract https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper286584.html GSA Data Repository 2016325 ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/2016/2016325.pdf Also, there is: Joel, L. 2015, How Did Fragile Early Microbes Become Fossils? Eos, August 12, 2016 https://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/2016/how-did-fragile-early-microbes-become-fossils Yours, Paul H.