Table 1 List of networks in this study

From: Ediacaran biozones identified with network analysis provide evidence for pulsed extinctions of early complex life

Format

Node type 1

Node type 2 (if present)

Description of links

Figure

Unipartite

Genera

Genera are connected to other taxa preserved at their collection points

Fig. 2a

Bipartite

Environments

Genera

Taxa are connected to their habitats and preservational environments

Fig. 3a

Bipartite

Environments

Genera & ichnogenera

Taxa are connected to their habitats and preservational environments

Supplementary Fig. 10a

Bipartite

Ediacaran formations

Genera & ichnogenera

Taxa are connected to formations where their fossils are preserved

Fig. 4a

Bipartite

Ediacaran formations

Genera & ichnogenera (shallow biotope)

Taxa are connected to formations where their fossils are preserved

Supplementary Fig. 11a

Bipartite

Ediacaran formations

Genera (shallow biotope)

Taxa are connected to formations where their fossils are preserved

Supplementary Fig. 12a

Bipartite

Ediacaran-Fortunian formations

Genera & ichnogenera

Taxa are connected to formations where their fossils are preserved

Supplementary Fig. 13a

  1. Each row is a network consisting of nodes and links. The nodes in this study are body macrofossil genera, trace fossil ichnogenera, paleoenvironments, and geologic formations. All valid taxa, which might serve as index fossils of ecological biotopes and geological biozones, were included in the networks (see Methods). See Supplementary Information for additional figures (Suppl. Figs.)