Extended Data Fig. 8: Taxonomic and ecological compositions of the Huayuan biota and its comparisons to other notable Cambrian Burgess Shale-type biotas.
From: A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction
a, Rarefaction curves of the Renkupo quarry and representative quarries of other Cambrian BST biotas. Dashed lines bordering shaded areas indicate confidential intervals of one standard error (mean ± s.e.m.). b, Taxonomic composition of the Huayuan biota. c, Bar plot showing the ranking of species abundance of the Huayuan biota. d, Bar plot showing the comparisons of taxonomic compositions between the Huayuan, Chengjiang, Qingjiang and Burgess Shale biotas. e, Bar plot showing the comparisons of ecological compositions between the Huayuan, Chengjiang, Qingjiang and Burgess Shale biotas. Abbreviations: DE, deposit feeder; ES, epifaunal sessile; EV, epifaunal vagrant; GR, grazer; HS, predator or scavenger; IS, infaunal sessile; IV, infaunal vagrant; NK, nektobenthic; OM, omnivore; PE, pelagic; SU, suspension feeder; UN, unknown.
