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Ediacaran Macro Body Fossils
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Ediacaran Macro Body Fossils

  • Timothy Huang1,
  • Jei-Fu Shaw2,
  • Liang Zheng3,
  • Chun-Lan Huang4,
  • YiLung Chang5 &
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  • ChuanWei Yang6 

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This paper, Ediacaran Macro Body Fossils, reports a new discovery of well preserved three dimensional macro body fossils of the Ediacaran Period in central YunNan province in the People's Republic of China. These body fossils will enable more detailed and in-depth exploration of the evolution of multi-cellular macro organisms on this planet, whereas in the past, researches could only rely on cast or imprint fossils.

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  1. DinoDragon International Research Foundation, Asian Operation https://www.nature.com/nature

    Timothy Huang

  2. National ChungHsing University, President https://www.nature.com/nature

    Jei-Fu Shaw

  3. Yunnan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute, Department of Paleoanthropology and Vertebrae Paleontology https://www.nature.com/nature

    Liang Zheng

  4. Kaohsiung Marine University https://www.nature.com/nature

    Chun-Lan Huang

  5. Academia Sinica, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology https://www.nature.com/nature

    YiLung Chang

  6. LuFeng County Dinosaur Museum, https://www.nature.com/nature

    ChuanWei Yang

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Huang, T., Shaw, JF., Zheng, L. et al. Ediacaran Macro Body Fossils. Nat Prec (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4423.1

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Keywords

  • Ediacara
  • Body Fossil
  • ediacaran
  • paleontology
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