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Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica

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  • Kelden Pehr

    (University of California, Riverside)

  • Gordon D. Love

    (University of California, Riverside)

  • Anton Kuznetsov

    (Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology)

  • Victor Podkovyrov

    (Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology)

  • Christopher K. Junium

    (Syracuse University)

  • Leonid Shumlyanskyy

    (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

  • Tetyana Sokur

    (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

  • Andrey Bekker

    (University of California, Riverside)

Abstract

Middle-to-late Ediacaran (575–541 Ma) marine sedimentary rocks record the first appearance of macroscopic, multicellular body fossils, yet little is known about the environments and food sources that sustained this enigmatic fauna. Here, we perform a lipid biomarker and stable isotope (δ15Ntotal and δ13CTOC) investigation of exceptionally immature late Ediacaran strata (

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  • Kelden Pehr & Gordon D. Love & Anton Kuznetsov & Victor Podkovyrov & Christopher K. Junium & Leonid Shumlyanskyy & Tetyana Sokur & Andrey Bekker, 2018. "Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04195-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04195-8
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