E. G. Mitchell

Orientations of Mistaken Point fronds indicate morphology impacted ability to survive turbulence

The paper analyzes the orientation of fronds in Ediacaran organisms to determine how morphology influenced their ability to survive turbulent flows.

Metacommunity analyses show increase in ecological specialisation throughout the Ediacaran

The paper analyzes Ediacaran metacommunities to show increased ecological specialization and complexity leading to diversity loss, not mass extinction.

The influence of environmental setting on the community ecology of Ediacaran organisms

This study investigates how environmental settings influenced the community ecology of Ediacaran organisms using spatial point process analyses of seven bedding-plane assemblages.

Reconstructing the ecology of a Jurassic pseudoplanktonic megaraft colony

The paper tests the viability of Jurassic pseudoplanktonic crinoid megaraft colonies using spatial analysis and moisture diffusion models, finding they could have floated and lasted up to 20 years.

The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities

This study uses spatial point process analysis to show that neutral processes, not niche processes, dominated the spatial distribution of Ediacaran animal communities.