The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment

Farid Saleh; Changshi Qi; Luis A. Buatois; M. Gabriela Mángano; Maximiliano Paz; Romain Vaucher; Quanfeng Zheng; Xian-Guang Hou; Sarah E. Gabbott; Xiaoya Ma

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29246-z

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment

Farid Saleh,
Changshi Qi,
Luis A. Buatois,
M. Gabriela Mángano,
Maximiliano Paz,
Romain Vaucher,
Quanfeng Zheng,
Xian-Guang Hou,
Sarah E. Gabbott,
Xiaoya Ma

Affiliations

Farid Saleh: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University
Changshi Qi: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University
Luis A. Buatois: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
M. Gabriela Mángano: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
Maximiliano Paz: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
Romain Vaucher: Applied Research in Ichnology and Sedimentology (ARISE) Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Quanfeng Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xian-Guang Hou: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University
Sarah E. Gabbott: School of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Leicester
Xiaoya Ma: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29246-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The Chengjiang Biota is the earliest most diverse animal community from the Cambrian Explosion (~518 million years ago). This biota is shown to have colonized a delta, highlighting the importance of this shallow environment in recording early snapshots of life on Earth.

Published in Nature Communications

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