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benthic phototrophic macroalgae indicate taht 'Snowball Earth' might have been 'Slushball Earth'
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'Snowball Earth' might have been slushball by University of Cincinnati, April 9, 2023 The open access paper is: Song, H., An, Z., Ye, Q., Stüeken, E.E., Li, J., Hu, J., Algeo, T.J., Tian, L., Chu, D., Song, H. and Xiao, S., 2023. Mid-latitudinal habitable environment for marine eukaryotes during the waning stage of the Marinoan snowball glaciation. Nature Communications, 14(1), p.1564. Researchgate PDF Yoru, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Although originally described as an alga, F. gyrata is now regarded by some authors as a coprolite (e.g., Steiner et al. 2005). Taxonomy from GBIF.org. Description and remarks by Chen and Zhou 1997., p. 88 : "Thread cylindrical, unbranchial, with a uniform, flattened width of 1.2mm and a preserved length of at least 20cm. Surface bears a tightly and helically coiled structure. Remarks: This is the most abundant alga in the Chengjiang biota. Most of the thread are preserved within a microturbidite mud layer and show irregular twisting, indicating that the thread was extremely flexible. Specimens probably sank to the bottom from the overlying water column, in a very low-energy environment, before the incursion of minor mud flow.” Restoration by Chen and Zhou 1997., p. 89: References: Chen, J.Y., and Zhou, G., (1997) Biology of the Chengjiang fauna. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, v. 10, p. 11–105. Hou, X., Aldridge, R., Bergstrom, J., Siveter, D.J., Siveter, D., and Feng, X., (2004) The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal Life. Malden, Wiley Blackwell, 233 p. Maletz, J., Steiner, M., and Fatka, O., (2005) Middle Cambrian pterobranchs and the question: What is a graptolite? Lethaia, v. 38, p. 73–85. Fu, X., Wu, M., Zhao, Y., Zhu, W., and Yang, Y., (2012) Discovery of macroalgae from the Cambrian Tsinghsutung Formation of Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 51, p. 56–63. Wang, P.L., LoDuca, S. T., Wu, M. Y. et al., (2021) Benthic primary producers in exceptionally preserved Cambrian biotas of North China, Palaeoworld , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2021.01.009
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