THE CRYOGENIAN EMERGENCE OF SPONGE-GRADE ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
KAUFMAN, Alan1, LINDSAY-KAUFMAN, Amelia2, LOJACONO-EVANS, Bernard3, DOERRLER, Andrew3, PICCOLI, Philip3, PEDERSEN, Matt2, GAN, Tian4, ROHRBACK, Robin5, SCHIFFBAUER, James6, SELLY, Tara7, MALOOF, Adam8, MANZUK, Ryan8, WILCOTS, Julia9, GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J.10, GODERIS, Steven11, BYKOVA, Natalia, PhD12 and GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy13, (1)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 8000 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, 8000 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 8000 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742, (4)Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, 8000 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742; Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, (5)Division of Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (8)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (9)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (10)Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, (11)Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium, (12)Trofimuk Insitute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, 3 Prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, (13)Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Prospekt Koptuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation