...Figure 1. Geological maps and stratigraphic column for the Lantian Formation (China) (modified after Wang et al., 2017 ). (A) Generalized paleogeographic map of the Yangtze Block during the early–middle Ediacaran Period showing the approximate location of shelf, slope, and basinal facies...

...Figure 2. Profiles of sedimentary pyrite δ 34 S values in Lantian Formation drill core (see Fig. 1 for location). Arrows indicate locations of samples LTD01–LTD12. I to IV represent members I to IV of the Lantian Formation. (A) Individual data plots of δ 34 S py values. Bulk rock data are from...

..., F. typicum , and F. obesum in that it has slender thallus forms with a smaller apical divergence angle, i.e., less than 12°. Globally, these fossil specimens from Sonia Sandstone are well compared with the F. lantianense specimens recovered from the Lantian Formation of Xiuning and Yixian...

...Figure 1. A: Eoandromeda octobrachiata from uppermost Doushantuo black shale at Wenghui (China). B: E. octobrachiata from Ediacara Member sandstone (South Australia). C–F: Flabelophyton lantianensis from black shale of lower Lantian Formation (South China). G, H: Similar forms from Ediacara...

... paleoenvironmental conditions at this time in South China. The Lantian biota, known from the Ediacaran Lantian Formation near the town of Lantian in Anhui Province, South China ( Fig. 1 ), yields some of the oldest known complex macroorganisms ( Yuan et al. 2011 ). These fossils are preserved on the bedding...

... , B. , Yuan , X. , and Chen , Z. , 2014 , Fluctuation of shelf basin redox conditions in the early Ediacaran: Evidence from Lantian Formation black shales in South China : Precambrian Research , v. 245 , p. 1 – 12 , doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2014.01.003. Guilbaud , R. , Poulton...

... and 2G ), a conspicuous Fe elevation, a moderate S elevation ( Figs. 2H and 2I ), and no C elevation, suggesting that it is cast by pyrite framboids. Together with a previous report of pyritized Chuaria fossils from the Ediacaran Lantian Formation (equivalent to the Doushantuo Formation) in southern...

...Figure 1. Geological map and stratigraphic column of the Neoproterozoic–lower Cambrian succession in the Lantian area of southern Anhui Province in South China. lo. = lower; LGW = Leigongwu Formation; Fm. = formation; SSF = small shelly fossils. ...

... as carbonaceous imprints from the early Ediacaran Lantian, Wenghui and Miaohe biotas (also Doushantuo Formation); (3) typical late Ediacaran faunas, preserved in dark limestone (Shibantan biota) and as large and poorly mineralized tubular animal fossils (Gaojiashan biota), both from the Dengying Formation; (4...

... , Pyritized chuarids with encystment structures from the late Neoproterozoic Lantian Formation in Anhui, South China: Precambrian Research , v. 107 p. 253 - 263 . Zhu Mao-yan , 1997 , Trace fossils of Yunnan: National Museum of Natural Science Bulletin , v. 10 p. 275 - 312 . Zhu...

... by a two-stage model . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 26 (2) , 207 –21. Wan , B. , Yuan , X. , Chen , Z. , Guan , C. , Pang , K. , Tang , Q. & Xiao , S. 2016 . Systematic description of putative animal fossils from the early Ediacaran Lantian Formation...