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SUBMITTER: Hearing TW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942912 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hearing Thomas W TW Harvey Thomas H P THP Williams Mark M Leng Melanie J MJ Lamb Angela L AL Wilby Philip R PR Gabbott Sarah E SE Pohl Alexandre A Donnadieu Yannick Y
Science advances 20180509 5
The oceans of the early Cambrian (~541 to 509 million years ago) were the setting for a marked diversification of animal life. However, sea temperatures-a key component of the early Cambrian marine environment-remain unconstrained, in part because of a substantial time gap in the stable oxygen isotope (δ<sup>18</sup>O) record before the evolution of euconodonts. We show that previously overlooked sources of fossil biogenic phosphate have the potential to fill this gap. Pristine phosphatic microf ...[more]