Journal Articles / Book Chapters
51. Vixseboxse, P.B., McMahon, S.H. and Liu, A.G. (2024)
Taphonomic experiments fixed and conserved with Paraloid B72 resin via solvent replacement.
Lethaia, 57(1), 1–11. doi: 10.18261/let.57.1.1
50. Psarras, C., Donoghue, P.C.J., Garwood, R.J., Grazhdankin, D.V., Parry, L.A., Rogov, V.I. and Liu, A.G. (2023)
Three-dimensional reconstruction, taphonomic and petrological data suggest that the oldest record of bioturbation is a body fossil coquina.
Papers in Palaeontology, 9 (6), e1531. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1531
49. Hu, S., Zhao, F., Liu, A.G. and Zhu, M. (2023)
A new Cambrian frondose organism: "Ediacaran survivor" or convergent evolution?
Journal of the Geological Society, 180. doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-088
48. McMahon, W.J., Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., and Went, D. (2022)
Enigma variations: characteristics and likely origin of the problematic surface texture Arumberia, as recognized from an exceptional bedding plane exposure and the global record.
Geological Magazine, 159, 1-20, doi: 10.1017/S0016756821000777
47. Boddy, C.E., Mitchell, E.G., Merdith, A. and Liu, A.G. (2022)
Palaeolatitudinal distribution of the Ediacaran macrobiota.
Journal of the Geological Society, 179 (1), jgs2021-030, doi: 10/1144/jgs2021-030
46. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G., Grazhdankin, D.V., Vixseboxse, P., Flannery-Sutherland, J., Green, E., Harris, S., Wilby, P.R. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2021)
The developmental biology of Charnia and the eumetazoan affinity of the Ediacaran rangeomorphs.
Science Advances, 7, eabe0291. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0291
45. Liu, A.G. and Tindal, B.H. (2021)
Ediacaran macrofossils prior to the ~580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation in Newfoundland, Canada.
Lethaia, 54, 260–270. doi: 10.1111/let.12401
44. Matthews, J.J., Liu, A.G., Yang, C., McIlroy, D., Levell, B. and Condon, D. (2021)
A chronostratigraphic framework for the rise of the Ediacaran Macrobiota: New constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland.
GSA Bulletin, 133, 612–624. doi: 10.1130/B35646.1
43. McMahon, W.J., Liu, A.G., Tindal, B.H. and Kleinhans, M.G. (2020)
Ediacaran life close to land: Coastal and shoreface habitats of the Ediacaran macrobiota, the Central Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90, 1463–1499. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2020.029
42. Mitchell, E.G., Bobkov, N., Bykova, N., Dhungana, A., Kolesnikov, A.V., Hogarth, I.R.P., Liu, A.G., Mustill, T.M.R., Sozonov, N., Rogov, V.I., Xiao, S. and Grazhdankin, D.V. (2020)
The influence of environmental setting on the community ecology of Ediacaran organisms.
Interface Focus, 10(4), 20190109, doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0109
41. Wood, R., Donoghue, P.C.J., Lenton, T.M., Liu, A.G., Poulton, S.W. (2020)
The origin and rise of complex life: progress requires interdisciplinary integration and hypothesis testing.
Interface Focus, 10(4), 20200024, doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0024
40. Liu, A.G., and Dunn, F.S. (2020)
Filamentous connections between Ediacaran fronds.
Current Biology, 30, 1322–1328, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.052
39. Davies, N.S., Shillito, A.P., Slater, B., Liu, A.G., and McMahon, W.J. (2020)
Evolutionary synchrony of Earth’s biosphere and sedimentary-stratigraphic record.
Earth-Science Reviews, 201, 102979 doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102979
38. Mitchell, E.G., Harris, S., Kenchington, C.G., Vixseboxse, P., Roberts, L., Clark, C., Dennis, A., Liu, A.G. and Wilby, P.R. (2019)
The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities
Ecology Letters, 22(12), 2028–2038, doi: 10.1111/ele.13383
37. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G., and Gehling, J.G. (2019)
Anatomical and ontogenetic reassessment of the Ediacaran frond Arborea arborea and its placement within total group Eumetazoa.
Palaeontology, 62, 851–865. doi: 10.1111/pala.12431
36. Wood, R., Liu, A.G., Bowyer, F., Wilby, P.R., Dunn, F.S., Kenchington, C.G., Hoyal Cuthill, J.F., Mitchell, E.G. & Penny, A. (2019)
Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 528–538. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0821-6
35. Dunn, F.S. and Liu, A.G. (2019)
Viewing the Ediacaran biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 512–514. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0815-4
34. Liu, A.G., McMahon, S., Matthews, J.J., Still, J. and Brasier, A.T. (2019)
Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia
Geology, 47(3), 215–218. doi.org/10.1130/G45918.1
33. Dunn, F.S., Wilby, P.R., Kenchington, C.G., Grazhdankin, D.V., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Liu, A.G. (2019)
Anatomy of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Charnia masoni
Papers in Palaeontology, 5(1), 157–176. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1234
32. Kolesnikov, A.V., Liu, A.G., Danelian, T. and Grazhdankin, D.V. (2018)
A reassessment of the problematic Ediacaran genus Orbisiana Sokolov 1976
Precambrian Research, 316, 197–205. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2018.08.011
31. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., McIlroy, D., Narbonne, G.M., Landing, E., Menon, L.R. and Laflamme, M. (2018)
International Symposium on the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition (ISECT) 2017 15–29th June 2017, Newfoundland, Canada
Episodes, 41(2), 129–133.
30. Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., Gibling, M.R. and Miller, R.F. (2018)
Reply to comment on the paper by Davies et al. “Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: A geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes” (Earth Science Reviews, 154 (2016), 210–246)
Earth Science Reviews, 176, 384–386. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.024
29. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2018)
Ediacaran developmental biology
Biological Reviews, 93, 914–932. doi: 10.1111/brv.12379
28. Hoekzema, R.S., Brasier, M.D., Dunn, F.S. and Liu, A.G. (2017)
Quantitative study of developmental biology confirms Dickinsonia as a metazoan
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 284, 20171348. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1348
27. Parry, L.A., Boggiani, P.C., Condon, D.J., Garwood, R.J., Leme, J. de M., McIlroy, D., Brasier, M.D., Trindade, R., Campanha, G.A.C., Pacheco, M.L.A.F., Diniz, C.Q.C. and Liu, A.G. (2017)
Ichnological evidence for meiofaunal bilaterians from the terminal Ediacaran and earliest Cambrian of Brazil
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 1455–1464. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0301-9
26. Liu, A.G. and Matthews, J.J. (2017)
Great Canadian Lagerstätten 6: Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Southeast Newfoundland
Geoscience Canada, 44(2), 63–76. doi: 10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.117
25. Matthews, J.J., Liu, A.G. and McIlroy, D. (2017)
Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 251–269. doi: 10.1144/SP448.20
24. Cunningham, J.A., Liu, A.G., Bengtson, S. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2017)
The origin of animals: can molecular clocks and the fossil record be reconciled?
BioEssays, 39 (1), 1–12. doi: 10.1002/bies.201600120
23. Antcliffe, J.B., Liu, A.G., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D., McLoughlin, N. and Wacey, D. (2017)
Understanding ancient life: how Martin Brasier changed the way we think about the fossil record.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 19–31. doi: 10.1144/SP448.16
22. Liu, A.G., Menon, L.R., Shields, G.A., Callow, R.H.T. and McIlroy, D. (2017)
Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran - Cambrian transition.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 179–193. doi: 10.1144/SP448.9
21. Brasier, M.D., Norman, D.B., Liu, A.G., Cotton, L.J., Hiscocks, J.E.H, Garwood, R.J., Antcliffe, J.B. and Wacey, D. (2017)
Remarkable preservation of brain tissues in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 383–398. doi: 10.1144/SP448/3
20. Liu, A.G. (2016)
Framboidal pyrite shroud confirms the ‘death mask’ model for moldic preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms.
Palaios, 31(5), 259–274. doi: 10.2110/palo.2015.095
19. Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., Gibling, M. and Miller, R.F. (2016)
Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes.
Earth Science Reviews, 154, 210–246. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.01.005
18. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and McIlroy, D. (2016)
The Beothukis/Culmofrons problem and its bearing on Ediacaran macrofossil taxonomy: evidence from an exceptional new fossil locality.
Palaeontology, 59(1), 45–58. doi:10.1111/pala.12206
17. Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D., Liu, A.G. and Brasier, M.D. (2016)
The dynamic influence of microbial mats on sediments: fluid escape and pseudofossil formation in the Ediacaran Longmyndian Supergroup, UK.
Journal of the Geological Society, London, 173(1), 177–185. doi:10.1144/jgs2015-036
16. Mitchell, E.G., Kenchington, C.G., Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and Butterfield, N.J. (2015)
Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism.
Nature, 524, 343–346. doi: 10.1038/nature14646
15. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2015)
The arrangement of possible muscle fibres in the Ediacaran taxon Haootia quadriformis.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1803), doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2949
14. Liu, A.G., Kenchington, C.G. and Mitchell, E.G. (2015)
Remarkable insights into the paleoecology of the Avalonian Ediacaran macrobiota.
Gondwana Research, 27(4), 1355–1380. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.11.002
13. Liu, A.G. and McIlroy, D. (2015)
Horizontal surface traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their place within the late Ediacaran ichnological revolution.
In: McIlroy, D. (Ed.), Ichnology: Papers arising from ICHNIA III, Geological Association of Canada Miscellaneous Publications, 9, 141-156.
12. Wacey, D., Kilburn, M.R., Saunders, M., Cliff, J.B., Kong, C., Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and Brasier, M.D. (2015)
Uncovering framboidal pyrite biogenicity using nano-scale CNorg mapping.
Geology, 43(1), 27–30. doi: 10.1130/G36048.1
11. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D. Brasier, M.D. and Matthews, J.J. (2014)
Confirming the metazoan character of a 565 Ma trace-fossil assemblage from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
Palaios, 29(8), 420–430. doi: 10.2120/palo.2014.011
10. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2014)
Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the late Ediacaran Period (~560 Ma). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1793). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1202
9. Liu, A.G., Brasier, M. D., Bogolepova, O., Raevskaya, E. and Gubanov, A. (2013)
First report of a newly discovered Ediacaran biota from the Irkineeva Uplift, East Siberia.
Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 46(2), 95–110. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0078-0421/2013/0031
8. Brasier, M.D., Liu, A.G., Menon, L., Matthews, J.J., McIlroy, D. and Wacey, D. (2013)
Explaining the exceptional preservation of Ediacaran rangeomorphs from Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland: A hydraulic model.
Precambrian Research, 231, 122–135. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.013
7. Brasier, M.D., Antcliffe, J.B. and Liu, A.G. (2012)
The Architecture of Ediacaran Fronds.
Palaeontology, 55(5), 1105–1124. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01164.x
6. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D., Matthews, J.J. and Brasier, M.D. (2012)
A new assemblage of juvenile Ediacaran fronds from the Drook Formation, Newfoundland.
Journal of the Geological Society, London, 169(4), 395–403. doi: 10.1144/0016-76492011-094
5. Liu, A.G. (2011)
Reviewing the Ediacaran fossils of the Long Mynd, Shropshire.
Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 16, 31–43. [Online at www.shropshiregeology.org.uk/SGSpublications]
4. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D., Antcliffe, J.B. and Brasier, M.D. (2011)
Effaced preservation in the Ediacara biota of Avalonia and its implications for the early macrofossil record.
Palaeontology, 54(3), 607–630. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01024.x
3. Brasier, M.D., Callow, R.H.T., Menon, L.R. and Liu, A.G. (2010)
Osmotrophic biofilms: from modern to ancient.
In: Seckbach, J. & Oren, A. (eds) Microbial Mats: Modern and Ancient Microorganisms in Stratified Systems. Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 14, 131–148. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
2. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2010: February)
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland.
Geology, 38, 123–126. doi: 10.1130/G30368.1
1. Liu, A.G.S.C., Seiffert, E.R. and Simons, E.L. (2008)
Stable isotope evidence for an amphibious phase in early proboscidean evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 105(15), 5786–5791. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800884105
Taphonomic experiments fixed and conserved with Paraloid B72 resin via solvent replacement.
Lethaia, 57(1), 1–11. doi: 10.18261/let.57.1.1
50. Psarras, C., Donoghue, P.C.J., Garwood, R.J., Grazhdankin, D.V., Parry, L.A., Rogov, V.I. and Liu, A.G. (2023)
Three-dimensional reconstruction, taphonomic and petrological data suggest that the oldest record of bioturbation is a body fossil coquina.
Papers in Palaeontology, 9 (6), e1531. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1531
49. Hu, S., Zhao, F., Liu, A.G. and Zhu, M. (2023)
A new Cambrian frondose organism: "Ediacaran survivor" or convergent evolution?
Journal of the Geological Society, 180. doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-088
48. McMahon, W.J., Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., and Went, D. (2022)
Enigma variations: characteristics and likely origin of the problematic surface texture Arumberia, as recognized from an exceptional bedding plane exposure and the global record.
Geological Magazine, 159, 1-20, doi: 10.1017/S0016756821000777
47. Boddy, C.E., Mitchell, E.G., Merdith, A. and Liu, A.G. (2022)
Palaeolatitudinal distribution of the Ediacaran macrobiota.
Journal of the Geological Society, 179 (1), jgs2021-030, doi: 10/1144/jgs2021-030
46. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G., Grazhdankin, D.V., Vixseboxse, P., Flannery-Sutherland, J., Green, E., Harris, S., Wilby, P.R. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2021)
The developmental biology of Charnia and the eumetazoan affinity of the Ediacaran rangeomorphs.
Science Advances, 7, eabe0291. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0291
45. Liu, A.G. and Tindal, B.H. (2021)
Ediacaran macrofossils prior to the ~580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation in Newfoundland, Canada.
Lethaia, 54, 260–270. doi: 10.1111/let.12401
44. Matthews, J.J., Liu, A.G., Yang, C., McIlroy, D., Levell, B. and Condon, D. (2021)
A chronostratigraphic framework for the rise of the Ediacaran Macrobiota: New constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland.
GSA Bulletin, 133, 612–624. doi: 10.1130/B35646.1
43. McMahon, W.J., Liu, A.G., Tindal, B.H. and Kleinhans, M.G. (2020)
Ediacaran life close to land: Coastal and shoreface habitats of the Ediacaran macrobiota, the Central Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90, 1463–1499. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2020.029
42. Mitchell, E.G., Bobkov, N., Bykova, N., Dhungana, A., Kolesnikov, A.V., Hogarth, I.R.P., Liu, A.G., Mustill, T.M.R., Sozonov, N., Rogov, V.I., Xiao, S. and Grazhdankin, D.V. (2020)
The influence of environmental setting on the community ecology of Ediacaran organisms.
Interface Focus, 10(4), 20190109, doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0109
41. Wood, R., Donoghue, P.C.J., Lenton, T.M., Liu, A.G., Poulton, S.W. (2020)
The origin and rise of complex life: progress requires interdisciplinary integration and hypothesis testing.
Interface Focus, 10(4), 20200024, doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0024
40. Liu, A.G., and Dunn, F.S. (2020)
Filamentous connections between Ediacaran fronds.
Current Biology, 30, 1322–1328, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.052
39. Davies, N.S., Shillito, A.P., Slater, B., Liu, A.G., and McMahon, W.J. (2020)
Evolutionary synchrony of Earth’s biosphere and sedimentary-stratigraphic record.
Earth-Science Reviews, 201, 102979 doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102979
38. Mitchell, E.G., Harris, S., Kenchington, C.G., Vixseboxse, P., Roberts, L., Clark, C., Dennis, A., Liu, A.G. and Wilby, P.R. (2019)
The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities
Ecology Letters, 22(12), 2028–2038, doi: 10.1111/ele.13383
37. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G., and Gehling, J.G. (2019)
Anatomical and ontogenetic reassessment of the Ediacaran frond Arborea arborea and its placement within total group Eumetazoa.
Palaeontology, 62, 851–865. doi: 10.1111/pala.12431
36. Wood, R., Liu, A.G., Bowyer, F., Wilby, P.R., Dunn, F.S., Kenchington, C.G., Hoyal Cuthill, J.F., Mitchell, E.G. & Penny, A. (2019)
Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 528–538. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0821-6
35. Dunn, F.S. and Liu, A.G. (2019)
Viewing the Ediacaran biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 512–514. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0815-4
34. Liu, A.G., McMahon, S., Matthews, J.J., Still, J. and Brasier, A.T. (2019)
Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia
Geology, 47(3), 215–218. doi.org/10.1130/G45918.1
33. Dunn, F.S., Wilby, P.R., Kenchington, C.G., Grazhdankin, D.V., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Liu, A.G. (2019)
Anatomy of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Charnia masoni
Papers in Palaeontology, 5(1), 157–176. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1234
32. Kolesnikov, A.V., Liu, A.G., Danelian, T. and Grazhdankin, D.V. (2018)
A reassessment of the problematic Ediacaran genus Orbisiana Sokolov 1976
Precambrian Research, 316, 197–205. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2018.08.011
31. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., McIlroy, D., Narbonne, G.M., Landing, E., Menon, L.R. and Laflamme, M. (2018)
International Symposium on the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition (ISECT) 2017 15–29th June 2017, Newfoundland, Canada
Episodes, 41(2), 129–133.
30. Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., Gibling, M.R. and Miller, R.F. (2018)
Reply to comment on the paper by Davies et al. “Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: A geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes” (Earth Science Reviews, 154 (2016), 210–246)
Earth Science Reviews, 176, 384–386. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.024
29. Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2018)
Ediacaran developmental biology
Biological Reviews, 93, 914–932. doi: 10.1111/brv.12379
28. Hoekzema, R.S., Brasier, M.D., Dunn, F.S. and Liu, A.G. (2017)
Quantitative study of developmental biology confirms Dickinsonia as a metazoan
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 284, 20171348. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1348
27. Parry, L.A., Boggiani, P.C., Condon, D.J., Garwood, R.J., Leme, J. de M., McIlroy, D., Brasier, M.D., Trindade, R., Campanha, G.A.C., Pacheco, M.L.A.F., Diniz, C.Q.C. and Liu, A.G. (2017)
Ichnological evidence for meiofaunal bilaterians from the terminal Ediacaran and earliest Cambrian of Brazil
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 1455–1464. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0301-9
26. Liu, A.G. and Matthews, J.J. (2017)
Great Canadian Lagerstätten 6: Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Southeast Newfoundland
Geoscience Canada, 44(2), 63–76. doi: 10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.117
25. Matthews, J.J., Liu, A.G. and McIlroy, D. (2017)
Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 251–269. doi: 10.1144/SP448.20
24. Cunningham, J.A., Liu, A.G., Bengtson, S. and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2017)
The origin of animals: can molecular clocks and the fossil record be reconciled?
BioEssays, 39 (1), 1–12. doi: 10.1002/bies.201600120
23. Antcliffe, J.B., Liu, A.G., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D., McLoughlin, N. and Wacey, D. (2017)
Understanding ancient life: how Martin Brasier changed the way we think about the fossil record.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 19–31. doi: 10.1144/SP448.16
22. Liu, A.G., Menon, L.R., Shields, G.A., Callow, R.H.T. and McIlroy, D. (2017)
Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran - Cambrian transition.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 179–193. doi: 10.1144/SP448.9
21. Brasier, M.D., Norman, D.B., Liu, A.G., Cotton, L.J., Hiscocks, J.E.H, Garwood, R.J., Antcliffe, J.B. and Wacey, D. (2017)
Remarkable preservation of brain tissues in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 448, 383–398. doi: 10.1144/SP448/3
20. Liu, A.G. (2016)
Framboidal pyrite shroud confirms the ‘death mask’ model for moldic preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms.
Palaios, 31(5), 259–274. doi: 10.2110/palo.2015.095
19. Davies, N.S., Liu, A.G., Gibling, M. and Miller, R.F. (2016)
Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes.
Earth Science Reviews, 154, 210–246. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.01.005
18. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and McIlroy, D. (2016)
The Beothukis/Culmofrons problem and its bearing on Ediacaran macrofossil taxonomy: evidence from an exceptional new fossil locality.
Palaeontology, 59(1), 45–58. doi:10.1111/pala.12206
17. Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D., Liu, A.G. and Brasier, M.D. (2016)
The dynamic influence of microbial mats on sediments: fluid escape and pseudofossil formation in the Ediacaran Longmyndian Supergroup, UK.
Journal of the Geological Society, London, 173(1), 177–185. doi:10.1144/jgs2015-036
16. Mitchell, E.G., Kenchington, C.G., Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and Butterfield, N.J. (2015)
Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism.
Nature, 524, 343–346. doi: 10.1038/nature14646
15. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2015)
The arrangement of possible muscle fibres in the Ediacaran taxon Haootia quadriformis.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1803), doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2949
14. Liu, A.G., Kenchington, C.G. and Mitchell, E.G. (2015)
Remarkable insights into the paleoecology of the Avalonian Ediacaran macrobiota.
Gondwana Research, 27(4), 1355–1380. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.11.002
13. Liu, A.G. and McIlroy, D. (2015)
Horizontal surface traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their place within the late Ediacaran ichnological revolution.
In: McIlroy, D. (Ed.), Ichnology: Papers arising from ICHNIA III, Geological Association of Canada Miscellaneous Publications, 9, 141-156.
12. Wacey, D., Kilburn, M.R., Saunders, M., Cliff, J.B., Kong, C., Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J. and Brasier, M.D. (2015)
Uncovering framboidal pyrite biogenicity using nano-scale CNorg mapping.
Geology, 43(1), 27–30. doi: 10.1130/G36048.1
11. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D. Brasier, M.D. and Matthews, J.J. (2014)
Confirming the metazoan character of a 565 Ma trace-fossil assemblage from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
Palaios, 29(8), 420–430. doi: 10.2120/palo.2014.011
10. Liu, A.G., Matthews, J.J., Menon, L.R., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2014)
Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the late Ediacaran Period (~560 Ma). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1793). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1202
9. Liu, A.G., Brasier, M. D., Bogolepova, O., Raevskaya, E. and Gubanov, A. (2013)
First report of a newly discovered Ediacaran biota from the Irkineeva Uplift, East Siberia.
Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 46(2), 95–110. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0078-0421/2013/0031
8. Brasier, M.D., Liu, A.G., Menon, L., Matthews, J.J., McIlroy, D. and Wacey, D. (2013)
Explaining the exceptional preservation of Ediacaran rangeomorphs from Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland: A hydraulic model.
Precambrian Research, 231, 122–135. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.013
7. Brasier, M.D., Antcliffe, J.B. and Liu, A.G. (2012)
The Architecture of Ediacaran Fronds.
Palaeontology, 55(5), 1105–1124. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01164.x
6. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D., Matthews, J.J. and Brasier, M.D. (2012)
A new assemblage of juvenile Ediacaran fronds from the Drook Formation, Newfoundland.
Journal of the Geological Society, London, 169(4), 395–403. doi: 10.1144/0016-76492011-094
5. Liu, A.G. (2011)
Reviewing the Ediacaran fossils of the Long Mynd, Shropshire.
Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 16, 31–43. [Online at www.shropshiregeology.org.uk/SGSpublications]
4. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D., Antcliffe, J.B. and Brasier, M.D. (2011)
Effaced preservation in the Ediacara biota of Avalonia and its implications for the early macrofossil record.
Palaeontology, 54(3), 607–630. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01024.x
3. Brasier, M.D., Callow, R.H.T., Menon, L.R. and Liu, A.G. (2010)
Osmotrophic biofilms: from modern to ancient.
In: Seckbach, J. & Oren, A. (eds) Microbial Mats: Modern and Ancient Microorganisms in Stratified Systems. Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 14, 131–148. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
2. Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D. and Brasier, M.D. (2010: February)
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland.
Geology, 38, 123–126. doi: 10.1130/G30368.1
1. Liu, A.G.S.C., Seiffert, E.R. and Simons, E.L. (2008)
Stable isotope evidence for an amphibious phase in early proboscidean evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 105(15), 5786–5791. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800884105
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Ediacaran-Cambrian ichnology, palaeobiology and geology of the Avalon and Burin Peninsulas, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Ediacaran geology and paleobiology of the Avalon Peninsula
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Framboidal pyrite shroud confirms the 'death mask' model for moldic preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms - a reply.
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Geological Association of Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Section, 2015 Fall Fieldtrip Guide. GAC, 62 pp.
Brasier, M.D., McIlroy, D., Liu, A.G., Antcliffe, J.B. and Menon, L.R. (2013)
The oldest evidence of bioturbation on Earth: COMMENT.
Geology, 41 (5), e289. doi: 10.1130/G33606C.1
Liu, A.G. & Kenchington, C. G. (2013)
The Geology and Ediacaran Palaeobiology of Charnwood Forest.
Friends of the Sedgwick Museum Field Excursion Guide, University of Cambridge, 22 pp.
Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D., Matthews, J. J. & Brasier, M. D. (2013)
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Geology Today, 29(1), 22-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2013.00860.x
Liu, A.G. & Brasier, M. D. (2012)
A Global Comparative Analysis of Ediacaran fossil localities.
Report submitted to the IUCN/UNESCO as part of the dossier for the nomination of Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve as a World Heritage Site. 132 + iv pp.
Brasier, M.D., Liu, A.G., Kenchington, C.G., Matthews, J.J., Wilby, P. and Antcliffe, J.B. (2012)
Ediacaran Geology and Palaeobiology in England: Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, and Long Mynd, Shropshire.
Fermor Conference Field Guide, Geological Society of London, London, 46 pp.
Liu, A.G., Herringshaw, L., Matthews, J.J., and McIlroy, D. (2012)
Ediacaran-Cambrian ichnology, palaeobiology and geology of the Avalon and Burin Peninsulas, Newfoundland, Canada.
Field Guide for Ichnia 2012, St John’s, Newfoundland. 88 pp. (Officially published in 2015 as Part B, Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Field Trip Guide. In: McIlroy, D. (Ed.), Ichnology, Geological Association of Canada Miscellaneous Publications, 9, 231-272).
Liu, A.G., McIlroy, D. & Brasier, M.D. (2010: October)
First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland: REPLY.
Geology, 38: p. e224, doi:10.1130/G31448Y.1
Late Ediacaran fossils on the 'E' Surface, Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve UNESCO World Heritage Site, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Specimens include Charniodiscus spinosus (left), Charniodiscus procerus (two at right), Beothukis mistakensis (upper centre), and Fractofusus misrai ('spindle'-shaped fossils throughout the photograph). Image taken by Alex Liu, 2015.