• Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals 

      Cui, Huan; Kaufman, Alan Jay; Xiao, Shuhai; Peek, Sara E; Cao, Hansheng; Min, Xiao; Cai, Yaoping; Siegel, Zakri; Liu, Xiao-Ming; Peng, Yongbo; Schiffbauer, James D; Martin, Aaron James (2016-07)
      "In terminal Ediacaran strata of South China, the onset of calcareous biomineralization is preserved in the paleontological transition from Conotubus to Cloudina in repetitious limestone facies of the Dengying Formation. ...
    • Recent advances in understanding the terminal Ediacaran Earth-life system in South China and Arctic Siberia 

      Cui, Huan; Kaufman, Alan Jay; Xiao, Shuhai; Grazhdankin, Dmitry; Peek, Sara E; Martin, Aaron James; Bykova, Natalia V; Rogov, Vladimir I; Liu, Xiao-Ming; Zhang, Feifei; Romaniello, Stephen; Anbar, Ariel D; Peng, Yongbo; Cai, Yaoping; Schiffbauer, James D; Meyer, Mike B; Gilleaudeau, Geoffrey J; Plummer, Rebecca E; Sievers, Natalie E; Goderis, Steven; Claeys, Philippe (CSIC, 2019)
      "The terminal Ediacaran contains dramatic changes in biogeochemical cycles, many of which are closely coupled with evolutionary transitions in the corresponding fossil records. Dynamic redox conditions may have caused a ...