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Undressing and redressing Ediacaran embryos

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  • Shuhai Xiao

    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

  • Chuanming Zhou

    (State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xunlai Yuan

    (State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Arising from: J. V. Bailey, S. B. Joye, K. M. Kalanetra, B. E. Flood & F. A. Corsetti Nature 445, 198–201 (2007)10.1038/nature05457 ; Bailey et al. reply Bailey et al.1 propose that the Ediacaran microfossils Megasphaera and Parapandorina, previously interpreted as animal resting eggs and blastula embryos2, represent Thiomargarita-like sulphide-oxidizing bacteria, claiming that this interpretation better explains their abundance and taphonomy. Here we highlight important observations that significantly weaken the authors' conclusions.

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  • Shuhai Xiao & Chuanming Zhou & Xunlai Yuan, 2007. "Undressing and redressing Ediacaran embryos," Nature, Nature, vol. 446(7136), pages 9-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:446:y:2007:i:7136:d:10.1038_nature05753
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05753
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