Precambrian paleobiology, southeast Newfoundland

埃迪卡拉类的独特保存和丰富 化石在上前寒武纪在错误点，东南 纽芬兰，提供了一个理想的测试的假设， 软体文氏动物是早期非后生动物分支 进化 特别令人感兴趣的是不寻常的“纺锤形 化石”在这个地方。 从字面上看， 数以百计的化石印记将使我们能够对 解剖学、生活史和形态发生的研究 结构形态学的术语。 我们项目的一个关键方面 是古遗迹学、构造学、 地质学、沉积地球化学、沉积学和 微古生物学恢复和分析古生物学， 文多动物群的底栖环境。 硅铸件将 使我们能够在耶鲁大学发展具有代表性的博物馆收藏， 图宾根大学，从而保留了重要的 错误点地点的古生物学价值。

The unique preservation and abundance of Ediacaran-type fossils in the Upper Precambrian at Mistaken Point, southeast Newfoundland, provide an ideal test of the hypothesis that the soft-bodied Vendozoa represent a non-metazoan branch of early evolution. Of particular interest is the unusual "spindle-shaped fossils" at this locality. The availability of literally hundreds of fossil impressions will allow a complete study of the anatomy, life history and morphogenesis of this organism in terms of constructional morphology. A key aspect of our project is the integratation of methods from paleoichnology, structural geology, sedimentary geochemistry, sedimentology and micropaleontology to restore and analyze the paleobiology and benthic environment of this Vendozoan fauna. Silicon casts will allow us to develop representative museum collections at Yale and Tubingen universities, thus preserving the important paleontological value of the Mistaken Point locality.