Systematic description of new phosphatized skeletal fossils from the upper Dengying Formation in southern Shaanxi Province of South China and their implications for the evolution of terminal Ediacaran biomineralizers

Wei Chen

doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108132

Systematic description of new phosphatized skeletal fossils from the upper Dengying Formation in southern Shaanxi Province of South China and their implications for the evolution of terminal Ediacaran biomineralizers

2026-05-06

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Wei Chen

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Yaoping Cai *

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Xiaoyang Wang

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Shuhai Xiao

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Hong Hua

DOI：10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108132

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• Report of a diverse assemblage of phosphatized fossils from the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in South China. • This assemblage is dominated by cloudinomorphs, including a newly described species. • Rare elements include anabaritids, Archaeooides-like microfossils, and the filamentous cyanobacterium Cambricodium. • A new perforated tube, possibly representing a morphologically complex metazoan, is reported.

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phosphatized fossils

cloudinomorphs

Ediacaran

biomineralization

metazoan

Systematic description of new phosphatized skeletal fossils from the upper Dengying Formation in southern Shaanxi Province of South China and their implications for the evolution of terminal Ediacaran biomineralizers

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