Exceptional Preservation of Soft-bodied Ediacara Biota Promoted by Silica-rich Oceans

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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.