A diverse Ediacara assemblage survived under low-oxygen conditions

Lucas B. Cherry; Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau; Dmitriy V. Grazhdankin; Stephen J. Romaniello; Aaron J. Martin; Alan J. Kaufman

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35012-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

A diverse Ediacara assemblage survived under low-oxygen conditions

Lucas B. Cherry,
Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau,
Dmitriy V. Grazhdankin,
Stephen J. Romaniello,
Aaron J. Martin,
Alan J. Kaufman

Affiliations

Lucas B. Cherry: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University
Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University
Dmitriy V. Grazhdankin: Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Stephen J. Romaniello: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Aaron J. Martin: Division de Geociencias Aplicadas, IPICYT
Alan J. Kaufman: Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35012-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Geochemical data from sedimentary rocks in Siberia indicate that members of the soft-bodied Ediacara biota (the earliest macroscopic life on Earth) were tolerant of low-oxygen conditions, suggesting they had the capacity for anaerobic metabolisms.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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