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Micro-CT scans of Mudrock Core Samples containing Trace Fossils

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posted on 2025-09-16, 11:08 authored by Claire BrowningClaire Browning, Sarah Gabbott, Emese BordyEmese Bordy, Maria Gabriela Mangano, Luis A. Buatois, Abderrazzak El Albani, Arnaud Mazurier
<p dir="ltr">Micro-CT scan dataset uploaded as supplementary materials for the manuscript entitled: <i>Marine snow fuels an opportunistic small food web in the Late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte</i>. Manuscript in press - September 2025. (Nature Ecology and Evolution Manuscript number: NATECOLEVOL-24103054A).</p><p dir="ltr">Four micro-CT scans of mudrock core from the Cedarberg Formation (Cape Supergroup, South Africa) containing fossilised marine snow, dust aggregates and trace fossils of meiofaunal marine benthic organisms (Nematodes and Foraminifera). Micro-CT scan data consists of TIFF images and associated acquisition files.</p>

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National Geographic Grant GEFNE90-13

NRF African Origins Platform (AOP240326210874)

NRF Thuthuka (121894)

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Geological Sciences

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