Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes
Authors/Creators
- 1. Nanjing University
- 2. University of California, Santa Barbara
- 3. University of California, Riverside
- 4. Princeton Consultants*
- 5. University of Missouri
- 6. Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 7. University of Hong Kong
- 8. Virginia Tech
Description
The global diversity of Proterozoic eukaryote fossils is poorly quantified despite its fundamental importance to the understanding of macroevolutionary patterns and dynamics on the early Earth. Here we report a new construction of fossil eukaryote diversity from the Paleoproterozoic to early Cambrian based on a comprehensive data compilation and quantitative analyses. The resulting taxonomic richness curve verifies Cryogenian glaciations as a major divide that separates the "Boring Billion" and Ediacaran Period, with the former characterized by a remarkable stasis and the latter by greater diversity, more rapid turnover, and multiple radiations and extinctions. These contrasting evolutionary patterns and dynamics provide a framework to test competing hypotheses on biosphere and geosphere co-evolution in the Proterozoic Eon.
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Funding provided by: National Science Foundation
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Award Number: EAR-2021207
Funding provided by: National Natural Science Foundation of China
ROR ID: https://ror.org/01h0zpd94
Award Number: 42250104
Funding provided by: National Natural Science Foundation of China
ROR ID: https://ror.org/01h0zpd94
Award Number: 42272001
Funding provided by: National Natural Science Foundation of China
ROR ID: https://ror.org/01h0zpd94
Award Number: 41972005
Funding provided by: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Award Number: 0206-14380137
Funding provided by: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Funding provided by: National Key Research and Development Program of China
Award Number: 2022YFF0800303
Funding provided by: National Key Research and Development Program of China
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Award Number: 2022YFF0802700
Funding provided by: Chinese Academy of Sciences
ROR ID: https://ror.org/034t30j35
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Funding provided by: University of Hong Kong
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Funding provided by: Hong Kong RGC-GRF
Award Number: 17316022
Funding provided by: Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Award Number: HKU PDFS2122-7S02
Funding provided by: National Key Research and Development Program of China
Award Number: 2021YFA0718100
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