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  • Paleontology and Geochemistry
  • Earth and Environmental Science

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  • The Ediacaran Period saw the emergence of complex life amidst significant biogeochemical changes.
  • Existing chronostratigraphic frameworks lack the resolution to link these changes to evolutionary events.
  • Understanding the Ediacaran timeline is crucial for deciphering the role of biogeochemical cycles in early complex life evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a high-resolution chronostratigraphic framework for the Ediacaran Period.
  • To correlate key fossil assemblages with major carbon cycle perturbations.
  • To test hypotheses on the influence of biogeochemical cycling on the evolution of complex life.

Main Methods:

  • Radio-isotopic dating of Ediacaran strata.
  • Integration of new dates with global correlation schemes.
  • Analysis of carbon isotope excursions.

Main Results:

  • New radio-isotopic dates provide precise age constraints for Ediacaran fossil assemblages and carbon cycle events.
  • Late Ediacaran strata in South China are time-transgressive.
  • Two significant negative carbon isotope excursions (Shuram and a younger event) occurred between 575 and 550 million years ago.

Conclusions:

  • The refined chronostratigraphic framework calibrates the pace of Ediacaran evolution.
  • Ecosystem complexity increased over tens of millions of years, punctuated by biological turnovers.
  • These turnovers coincide with major disruptions in the carbon cycle, highlighting its role in evolutionary events.