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The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment
Saleh, Farid1,2; Qi, Changshi1,2,3,4; Buatois, Luis A.5; Mangano, M. Gabriela5; Paz, Maximiliano5; Vaucher, Romain6,7; Zheng, Quanfeng(郑全峰)3,4; Hou, Xian-Guang1,2; Gabbott, Sarah E.8; Ma, Xiaoya1,2,9
2022-03-23
Source PublicationNATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume13Issue:1Pages:9
Abstract

The Chengjiang Biota is the earliest Phanerozoic soft-bodied fossil assemblage offering the most complete snapshot of Earth's initial diversification, the Cambrian Explosion. Although palaeobiologic aspects of this biota are well understood, the precise sedimentary environment inhabited by this biota remains debated. Herein, we examine a non-weathered core from the Yu'anshan Formation including the interval preserving the Chengjiang Biota. Our data indicate that the succession was deposited as part of a delta influenced by storm floods (i.e., produced by upstream river floods resulting from ocean storms). Most Chengjiang animals lived in an oxygen and nutrient-rich delta front environment in which unstable salinity and high sedimentation rates were the main stressors. This unexpected finding allows for sophisticated ecological comparisons with other Burgess Shale-type deposits and emphasizes that the long-held view of Burgess Shale-type faunas as snapshots of stable distal shelf and slope communities needs to be revised based on recent sedimentologic advances.

DOI10.1038/s41467-022-29246-z
Indexed BySCI
Language英语
WOS KeywordCONTINENTAL SHELVES ; FOSSIL PRESERVATION ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ; DEPOSITIONAL MODEL ; LOWER ORDOVICIAN ; MANCOS SHALE ; BOOK CLIFFS ; WAVE ; ICHNOLOGY ; RECORD
Funding ProjectChinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2020M683388] ; NSFC[41763002] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, CAS)[113113] ; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)[311727-20] ; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)[422931-20] ; George J. McLeod Enhancement Chair in Geology
WOS Research AreaScience & Technology - Other Topics
WOS SubjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
WOS IDWOS:000772575300019
Funding OrganizationChinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; NSFC ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, CAS) ; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) ; George J. McLeod Enhancement Chair in Geology
PublisherNATURE PORTFOLIO
Document Type期刊论文
Identifierhttp://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/40560
Collection中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
Corresponding AuthorSaleh, Farid; Ma, Xiaoya
Affiliation1.Yunnan Univ, Inst Palaeontol, Yunnan Key Lab Palaeobiol, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Yunnan Univ, Inst Palaeontol, MEC Int Joint Lab Palaeobiol & Palaeoenvironm, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
5.Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Geol Sci, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
6.Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Appl Res Ichnol & Sedimentol ARISE Grp, Burnaby, BC, Canada
7.Univ Lausanne, Inst Earth Sci ISTE, Geopolis, Lausanne, Switzerland
8.Univ Leicester, Sch Geog Geol & Environm, Leicester, Leics, England
9.Univ Exeter, Ctr Ecol & Conservat, Penryn, England
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Saleh, Farid,Qi, Changshi,Buatois, Luis A.,et al. The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2022,13(1):9.
APA Saleh, Farid.,Qi, Changshi.,Buatois, Luis A..,Mangano, M. Gabriela.,Paz, Maximiliano.,...&Ma, Xiaoya.(2022).The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,13(1),9.
MLA Saleh, Farid,et al."The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13.1(2022):9.
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