Supported by National Basic Science Personnel Training Foundation (Grant No. J0630537);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40272013, 40572015, and 40332016);Ministry of Sciences and Technology, China (Grant Nos. 2006CB806400 and 2003CB716805);Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innova-tive Research Team in University (PCSIRT), Education Department of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 03JK096);Innovation Fund of Personnel Training Base, Department of Geology, Northwest University (Grant No. XDCXD04-02)
The Late Sinian (Ediacaran) Gaojiashan Biota was a soft-bodied fossil-Lagersttte dominated by sub-stantial pyritized, three-dimensionally preserved tubular and conotubular fossils. Soft-tissue pyritiza-tion is extreme...