DECODING THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EMBRYOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF ANIMAL EVOLUTION

Research output

Research output per year 2009 2012 2015 2017

• 18 Article (Academic Journal)
• 1 Chapter in a book
• 1 Editorial (Academic Journal)

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2017

  The origin of animals: can molecular clocks and the fossil record be reconciled?

  Cunningham, J. A., Liu, A. G., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 1 Jan 2017, In: BioEssays. 39, 1, 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Animal 100%
  • Molecular Clock 100%
  • Fossil Record 100%
  • Phylum 33%
  • Evolution 33%
  126 Citations (Scopus)

  859 Downloads (Pure)

• The Weng’an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft bodied and multicellular microorganisms

  Cunningham, J. A., Vargas, K., Yin, Z., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 1 Sept 2017, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 174, 5, p. 793-802 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Microorganism 100%
  • Molecular Clock 100%
  • Calcium Phosphate 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  61 Citations (Scopus)

  678 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  A multicellular organism with embedded cell clusters from the Ediacaran Weng'an biota (Doushantuo Formation, South China)

  Cunningham, J. A., Vargas, K., Marone, F., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J., Dec 2016, In: Evolution and Development. 18, 5-6, p. 308-316 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Ediacaran 100%
  • China 100%
  • Life Cycle 100%
  • Dimensional Analysis 50%
  • Microfossil 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  365 Downloads (Pure)

• Developmental biology of the Early Cambrian cnidarian Olivooides

  Dong, X. P., Vargas, K., Cunningham, J. A., Zhang, H., Liu, T., Chen, F., Liu, J., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J., May 2016, In: Palaeontology. 59, 3, p. 387-407 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Biological Sciences 100%
  • Cnidaria 100%
  • Gut 100%
  • Phylogeny 100%
  • Cladistics 66%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

  514 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Critical appraisal of tubular putative eumetazoans from the Ediacaran Weng’an Doushantuo biota

  Cunningham, J. A., Vargas, K. M., Pengju, L., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., Martínez-Pérez, C., Guizar-Sicairos, M., Holler, M., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 7 Aug 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1812, 9 p., 20151169.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Cladistics 100%
  • Crown Group 100%
  • Molecular Clock 100%
  • Cnidaria 100%
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy 100%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  364 Downloads (Pure)

• Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity?

  Hetherington, A. J., Sherratt, E., Ruta, M., Wilkinson, M., Deline, B. & Donoghue, P. C. J., May 2015, In: Palaeontology. 58, 3, p. 393-399 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Common Pattern 100%
  • Coding Strategy 100%
  • Morphometrics 100%
  • Morphology 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

  370 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental taphonomy of artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization

  Butler, A. D., Cunningham, J. A., Budd, G. E. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1808, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Artemia 100%
  • Anatomy 64%
  • digestive system 59%
  • Tissue Preservation 53%
  • Deposits 20%
  87 Citations (Scopus)

  394 Downloads (Pure)

• Uncertainty in the Timing of Origin of Animals and the Limits of Precision in Molecular Timescales

  Dos Reis, M., Thawornwattana, Y., Angelis, K., Telford, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J. & Yang, Z., 16 Nov 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 22, p. 2939-2950 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Molecular Clock 100%
  • Bilateria 100%
  • Fossil Record 100%
  • Animal 75%
  • Phylum 50%
  348 Citations (Scopus)

  392 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Embryos, polyps and medusae of the Early Cambrian scyphozoan Olivooides

  Dong, X.-P., Cunningham, J. A., Bengtson, S., Thomas, C.-W., Liu, J., Stampanoni, M. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 22 Apr 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280, 1757, 8 p., 20130071.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Developmental Stage 100%
  • Jellyfish 100%
  • Medusa 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  • Phylogeny 100%
  71 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  A merciful death for the "earliest bilaterian," Vernanimalcula

  Bengtson, S., Cunningham, J. A., Yin, C. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 2012, In: Evolution and Development. 14, 5, p. 421-427 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Base 100%
  • Biological Product 100%
  • Death 100%
  • Tissues 50%
  • Evolution 50%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Distinguishing geology from biology in the Ediacaran Doushantuo biota relaxes constraints on the timing of the origin of bilaterians

  Cunningham, J. A., Thomas, C.-W., Bengtson, S., Kearns, S. L., Xiao, S., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 22 Jun 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1737, p. 2369-2376 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Geology 100%
  • Ediacaran 100%
  • Fossil Assemblage 33%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental taphonomy of giant sulphur bacteria: implications for the interpretation of the embryo-like Ediacaran Doushantuo fossils

  Cunningham, J. A., Thomas, C.-W., Bengtson, S., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M., Turner, F. R., Bailey, J. V., Raff, R. A., Raff, E. C. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 7 May 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1734, p. 1857-1864 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Vacuolization 100%
  • Lipid Vesicle 100%
  • Mineralization 100%
  • Embryo Tissue 100%
  • Animal Embryo 100%
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• New palaeoscolecid worms from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) of Hunan, South China: is Markuelia an embryonic palaeoscolecid?

  Duan, B., Dong, X.-P. & Donoghue, P. C. J., May 2012, In: Palaeontology. 55, p. 613-622 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Furongian 100%
  • Cuticle 100%
  • China 100%
  • Tail 50%
  • New Species 50%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Ontogeny and microstructure of the enigmatic Cambrian tommotiid Sunnaginia Missarzhevsky, 1969

  Murdock, D. J. E., Donoghue, P. C. J., Bengtson, S. & Marone, F., May 2012, In: Palaeontology. 55, p. 661-676 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Sclerite 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  • Ontogeny 100%
  • Phylogenetics 50%
  • Brachiopod 50%
  28 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Evolutionary origins of animal skeletal biomineralization

  Murdock, D. & Donoghue, P., Aug 2011, In: Cells, Tissues, Organs. 194, p. 98 - 102 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Biomineralization 100%
  • Evolution 100%
  • Phylum 42%
  • Cladistics 28%
  • Phylogeny 14%
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Fossilized nuclei and germination structures identify Ediacaran ‘animal embryos’ as encysting protists

  Huldtgren, T. E., Cunningham, J. A., Yin, C., Stampanoni, M., Marone, F., Donoghue, P. C. J. & Bengtson, S., 2011, In: Science. 334, 6063, p. 1696-1699

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  145 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Origins of multicellularity

  Donoghue, P. & Antcliffe, J., 2010, In: Nature. 466, p. 41 - 42 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  30 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Distinguishing heat from light in debate over controversial fossils

  Donoghue, P. & Purnell, M., 2009, In: BioEssays. 31, p. 178 - 189 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Cladistics 100%
  • Phylogenetics 100%
  • Evolution 66%
  • Phylogeny 33%
  • Taxon 33%
  102 Citations (Scopus)