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The Suwannee Terrane (ST) in southeastern North America formed part of the continental shelf of the Iapetus Ocean/Gondwanan passive margin, along what is present-day northwest Africa, during the Early Paleozoic. The Paleozoic sedimentary succession of the ST, called the North Fl…

Ichnology is the study of trace fossils and therefore the inferred behaviour of organisms that may have created the ichnofossils. Through analyses of traces from numerous different localities in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, the coast of Wales, and the deserts of Moroc…

One of the greatest challenges in science lies in disentangling causality in complex, coupled systems. This is illustrated no better than in the dynamic interplay between the Earth and life. The early evolution and diversification of animals occurred within a backdrop of global …