Very cool. i wonder if this might be more common in the proterozoic before more extensive clay formation in more modern type soils and by bioturbation…. Intuitively fine grained proterozoic sediments should be less cohesive

Hi Bob, great to see you here too!

yes please Russell I was about to write to ask :-)

I am looking for palaeobiologists, so more than happy to hear from biology students with suitable experience too :-). This is going to be a great little adventure! Come study in a fun, dynamic & highly supportive environment with some of the most beautiful fossils anywhere!

Thank you. It was lovely to meet you in person!

yep, they are there in thin section, we working on extraction at the moment :-)

Anytime Alisa :-)

to work on all aspects of the biota. This is a privately owned site to which we have exclusive access. The preservation is amazing and the fauna quite different to any other assemblage in NL. It’s an unparalleled opportunity for the right student…

doi.org/10.1017/S001... sorry looks like the end got clipped off thank you!

The Fractofusus fossils are very crisp, so probably alive when something lay over them, not taphomorphs live ivesheadia. Very intriguing! spotted by @FossilRod who likely would wish you happy #FractofususFriday his Fractofusus work is open access here doi.org/10.1017/S00167…