A systematic description of new macrofossil material from the upper Ediacaran Miaohe Member in South China

The upper Ediacaran Miaohe Member (∼551 Ma) in South China contains exceptionally preserved macroscopic carbonaceous compression fossils that provide a crucial view of the marine ecosystem shortly before the Cambrian explosion. However, these fossils were previously known only from one locality near the Miaohe Village on the northern bank of the Yangtze River. It was puzzling that equivalent strata a short distance away contained no fossils,...