HEUBECK, Christoph E., Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Malteserstr. 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, ZHU, Maoyan, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and JIANG, Shao-Yong, State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China, christoph.heubeck@fu-berlin.de, christoph.heubeck@fu-berlin.de

WEBER, Bernd¹, HUA, Hong² and SCOUFLAIRE, Quentin¹, (1)Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, FR- Geologie, Malteserstrasse 74 - 100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, (2)Northwest University Xi'an, Department of Geology, Xi'an 710069, China, Xi'an, 710069, China, bweber@zedat.fu-berlin.de, bweber@zedat.fu-berlin.de

ZHANG, Xingliang and LIU, Wei, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Taibailu 229, Xian, 710069, China, xzhang69@nwu.edu.cn, xzhang69@nwu.edu.cn

LIU, Jianni¹, OU, Qiang², HAN, Jian³, HE, Tongjiang³ and SHU, Degan⁴, (1)Early Life Institute and Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, P. R. China, Malteserstr. 74-100, Haus D, Berlin, 12249, Germany, (2)Early Life Evolution Laboratory, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 10083, China, (3)Early Life Institute and Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (4)Early Life Inst, Northwest Univ, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an, 710069, China, liujianni@126.com, liujianni@126.com

MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and LI, Guoxiang, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu

VANDONKELAAR, Ian W., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, PLOTNICK, Roy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 and CHEN, Junyuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 E Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, iwv@uwm.edu, iwv@uwm.edu

HIPPLER, Dorothee¹, HU, Nanjie¹, MBACKE, Renate², SCHOLTZ, Gerhard² and FRANZ, Gerhard¹, (1)Institute of Applied Geosciences, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Technical University Berlin, Ackerstrasse 76, Sekr. ACK9, Berlin, 13355, Germany, (2)Institute of Biology, Department of Comparative Zoology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, Berlin, 10115, Germany, dorothee.hippler@tu-berlin.de, dorothee.hippler@tu-berlin.de

ERDTMANN, Bernd-Dieter, China Geoscience Research Center, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, 13355, Germany and WALDE, D.H.G., Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, 70910-900, Brazil, b_erdtmann@yahoo.com, b_erdtmann@yahoo.com

ISHIKAWA, Tomoko¹, UENO, Yuichro¹, KOMIYA, Tsuyoshi², SHU, Degan³, LI, Yong⁴, YOSHIDA, Naohiro⁵ and MARUYAMA, Shigenori⁶, (1)Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (2)Dept. Earth Sci. & Astronomy, Univ. Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (3)Early Life Inst, Northwest Univ, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an, 710069, China, (4)Xi’an, 710054, China, (5)Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan, (6)Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Techology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, ishikawa.t.ab@m.titech.ac.jp, ishikawa.t.ab@m.titech.ac.jp

BAERO, Wiebke, FISCHER-GÖDDE, Mario and BECKER, Harry, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, wbaero@zedat.fu-berlin.de, wbaero@zedat.fu-berlin.de

ZHU, Bi¹, BECKER, Harry², JIANG, Shao-Yong³, PI, Dao-Hui⁴ and FISCHER-GÖDDE, Mario², (1)State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Hankou Road 22, Nanjing, 210093, China, (2)Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, (3)State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China, (4)State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China, hbecker@zedat.fu-berlin.de, hbecker@zedat.fu-berlin.de