Undressing and redressing Ediacaran embryos

Shuhai Xiao (), Chuanming Zhou and Xunlai Yuan
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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

Nature, 2007, vol. 446, issue 7136, E9-E10

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2007
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