Comparison of the frondose features in the Dongpo Formation with uninterrupted chevron marks (A−D) and the Ediacaran Charnia for comparison (E). (A) Uninterrupted chevron marks from the Carboniferous Gull Island Formation, Ireland (modified from Doyle and Hoey, 2022); (B) and (D) frondose forms from the Dongpo Formation (modified from Wang et al., 2026); (C) uninterrupted chevron marks from the Lower Silurian Aberystwyth Grits, Wales (modified from Dżułyński and Walton, 1965); (E) Charnia ewinoni from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland (modified from Pasinetti et al., 2025). All scale bars are 1 cm. Portions of the branch-like structures highlighted in (B-D), primary branches in (E) are offset not opposite and have second (red) and third order branches (green) highlighted as is typical of Ediacaran rangeomorphs.

Earlier this year there was an article on the beautiful new #Ediacaran #Dongpo Biota in China, it has some lovely fossils in it. Well worth a look!
There were also some things interpreted as fronds that we consider to be abiogenic uninterrupted Chevron marks. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...

Experiencing Dongpo: Life in Poems at New York's Lincoln Center The spectacle and drama of the evening proved to be enthralling, and conveyed the magic of Dongpo’s work in a manner most befitting of one who devoted their very soul to their craft.

We have an all-new article for you today, folks! Seth Burn attended the New York run for Dongpo: Life In Poems, which he reported on, from the first moments through the curtain call.

#theatre #dongpo #dance