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Cambrian ecological complexities: Perspectives from the earliest brachiopod – supported benthic communities in the early Cambrian Guanshan Lagerstätte
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- Chen, Feiyang (författare)
- Key Laboratory of Coalbed Methane Resources and Reservoir Formation Process of the Ministry of Education, School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life & Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Topper, Timothy (författare)
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet,Enheten för paleobiologi
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- Skovsted, Christian, 1974- (författare)
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet,Enheten för paleobiologi
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- Strotz, Luke C. (författare)
- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life & Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Shen, Jian (författare)
- Key Laboratory of Coalbed Methane Resources and Reservoir Formation Process of the Ministry of Education, School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Zhang, Zhifei (författare)
- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life & Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Gondwana Research. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 1342-937X .- 1878-0571. ; 107, s. 30-41
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Abstract
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- The Cambrian radiation is characterized by the emergence of diverse bilaterian animal phyla and theestablishment of complex marine ecosystems. The Guanshan Biota records an unusual ecological transition from trilobite- to brachiopod-dominated communities during Cambrian Stage 4. This community transition is accompanied by direct evidence of in situ biological interactions such as durophagous pre-dation and kleptoparasitism. Here we describe new material from the Guanshan biota, focusing on an association of palaeoscolecidomorphs and brachiopods with parasitic tube worms that occur on micro-bedding planes. The bedding plane assemblages are dominated by the organophosphatic brachiopod Neobolus wulongqingensis encrusted with kleptoparasitic tube-dwelling worms, along with infaunal palaeoscolecidans. Taphonomic and sedimentological evidence indicates that these specimens are com-monly preserved in life position, and thus the association between individuals represent potential biological interactions. This case study reveals that ecosystems during the early Cambrian exhibited a well-developed system of tiering and a complex trophic network, easily distinguished from the simple communities typical of precursor deposits in the Ediacaran. Brachiopods forming extremely dense concentrations on the sea floor are effectively acting as ecosystem engineers, not only to stabilize the soft-substrate seafloor, but also act as an alternative substrate for the oldest empirically demonstrated kleptoparasites.The in situ biological interactions preserved in the Guanshan Biota are critical for filling gaps in ourknowledge of ecosystem complexity in the Cambrian.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Early Cambrian
- Guanshan Biota
- Benthic ecosystem
- Brachiopods
- Ecological complexity
- Biological interaction
- Diversity of life
- Livets mångfald
- The changing Earth
- Den föränderliga jorden
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