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ArticleNature2026

A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction.

Han Zeng, Qi Liu, Fangchen Zhao, Cui Luo, Dezhi Wang, Yuyan Zhu, Yao Liu, Kai Chen, Zhixin Sun, Yanjie Hong and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Han Zeng *State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-7896
Qi Liu *Hunan Key Laboratory of Archaeometry and Conservation Science, Hunan Museum, Changsha, China.
Fangchen ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China. fczhao@nigpas.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8473-4439
Cui LuoState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7513-3172
Dezhi WangGuizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironment, College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
Yuyan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Yao LiuState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Kai ChenInstitute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi, China.
Zhixin SunState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0547-8671
Yanjie HongState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Lanyun MiaoState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Chunlin HuState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1176-2372
Haijing SunState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Bing PanState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Jialin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Zongjun YinState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9391-0446
Guoxiang LiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Xinglian YangGuizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironment, College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
Aihua YangState Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Shixue HuChengdu Center, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Center of Southwest China), Chengdu, China.
Maoyan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China. myzhu@nigpas.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7327-9856

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China (Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cambrian Burgess Shale-type (BST) fossil biotas document nearly complete snapshots of the oldest Phanerozoic marine ecosystems

Indexed as

Aquatic OrganismsBiotaExtinction, BiologicalFossilsAnimalsBiodiversityChinaEcosystemHistory, AncientPhylogeny

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PMID41606341

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