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Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism.
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- A diverse Ediacara assemblage survived under low-oxygen conditions.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Metacommunity analyses show an increase in ecological specialisation throughout the Ediacaran period.PLoS biology · 2022Article
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- The influence of environmental setting on the community ecology of Ediacaran organisms.Interface focus · 2020Article
- Biostratinomy of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): implications for depositional environments, ecology and biology of Ediacara organisms.Interface focus · 2020Article
- Reconstructing the ecology of a Jurassic pseudoplanktonic raft colony.Royal Society open science · 2020Article
- Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period.Nature communications · 2020Article
- The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities.Ecology letters · 2019Article
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Abstract
Enigmatic macrofossils of late Ediacaran age (580-541 million years ago) provide the oldest known record of diverse complex organisms on Earth, lying between the microbially dominated ecosystems of the Proterozoic and the Cambrian emergence of the modern biosphere. Among the oldest and most enigmatic of these macrofossils are the Rangeomorpha, a group characterized by modular, self-similar branching and a sessile benthic habit. Localized occurrences of large in situ fossilized rangeomorph populations allow fundamental aspects of their biology to be resolved using spatial point process techniques. Here we use such techniques to identify recurrent clustering patterns in the rangeomorph Fractofusus, revealing a complex life history of multigenerational, stolon-like asexual reproduction, interspersed with dispersal by waterborne propagules. Ecologically, such a habit would have allowed both for the rapid colonization of a localized area and for transport to new, previously uncolonized areas. The capacity of Fractofusus to derive adult morphology by two distinct reproductive modes documents the sophistication of its underlying developmental biology.
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