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. 2022 May 23;12:8631. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12473-1

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Temporal variation in marine dissolved silica (DSi) levels, in the context of other major environmental and biotic changes over this interval. Representation of inferred temporal changes in DSi follows Ref.25. Changes in the relative abundance of seafloor substrate type (matgrounds, firmgrounds, and mixgrounds)27 are indicated in the lower bar. The spindle plot represents the evolutionary diversification of major clades (modified after Ref.73). The shaded grey vertical line shows the estimated duration of the Ediacara-style taphonomic window6.