2008

Dong*, L., S. Xiao, B. Shen*, and C. Zhou, Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 165: 367-378.

Dong*, L., S. Xiao, B. Shen*, X. Yuan, X. Yan, and Y. Peng, Restudy of the worm-like carbonaceous compression fossils Protoarenicola, Pararenicola, and Sinosabellidites from early Neoproterozoic successions in North China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 258:138-161.

Liu*, P., S. Xiao, C. Yin, C. Zhou, L. Gao, and F. Tang, Systematic description and phylogenetic affinity of tubular microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation at Weng'an, South China. Palaeontology, 51: 339-366.

McFadden*, K. A., J. Huang, X. Chu, G. Jiang, A. J. Kaufman, C. Zhou, X. Yuan, and S. Xiao, Pulsed oxygenation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 105: 3197-3202.

Shen*, B., S. Xiao, A. J. Kaufman, H. Bao, C. Zhou, and H. Wang, Stratification and mixing of a post-glacial Neoproterozoic ocean: Evidence from carbon and sulfur isotopes in a cap dolostone from northwest China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 265:209-228.

Shen*, B., L. Dong*, S. Xiao, and M. Kowalewski, The Avalon Explosion: Evolution of Ediacara morphospace. Science, 319:81-84.

Wang*, J., G. Jiang, S. Xiao, Q. Li, and Q. Wei, Carbon isotope evidence for widespread methane seeps in the ~635 Ma Doushantuo cap carbonate in South China. Geology, 36: 347-350.

Xiao, S., The rise and demise of ghostly animals. Science, 319: 1618-1619.

Xiao, S. and J. D. Schiffbauer*, Fossil preservation through phosphatization and its astrobiological implications. In J. Seckbach and M. Walsh (ed.), From Fossils to Astrobiology. Springer-Verlag, New York. (in press)

2007

Shen*, B., S. Xiao, L. Dong*, C. Zhou, and J. Liu, Problematic macrofossils from Ediacaran successions in the North China and Chaidam blocks: Implications for their evolutionary roots and biostratigraphic significance. Journal of Paleontology, 18:1396-1411.

Schiffbauer*, J., L. Yin, R. J. Bodnar, A. J. Kaufman, F. Meng, J. Hu, B. Shen*, X. Yuan, H. Bao, and S. Xiao, Ultrastructural and geochemical characterization of Archean-Paleoproterozoic graphite particles: Implications for recognizing traces of life in highly metamorphosed rocks. Astrobiology, 7:684-704.

Zhou, C., G. Xie, K. McFadden*, S. Xiao, and X. Yuan, The diversification and extinction of Doushantuo-Pertatataka acritarchs in South China: Causes and biostratigraphic significance. Geological Journal, 42:229-262.

Xiao, S., C. Zhou, and X. Yuan, Undressing and redressing Ediacaran embryos. Nature, 446: E9-10.

Xiao, S., J. W. Hagadorn, C. Zhou, and X. Yuan, Rare helical spheroidal fossils from the Doushantuo Lagerstätte: Ediacaran animal embryos come of age? Geology, 35: 115-118.

Zhou*, C. and S. Xiao, Ediacaran Delta-13C chemostratigraphy of South China. Chemical Geology, 237: 89-108.

2006

Hagadorn, J. W., S. Xiao, P. C. J. Donoghue, S. Bengtson, N. J. Gostling, M. Pawlowska, E. C. Raff, R. A. Raff, F. R. Turner, C. Yin, C. Zhou, X. Yuan, M. B. McFeely, M. Stampanoni, and K. H. Nealson, Cellular and subcellular structure of Neoproterozoic embryos. Science, 314: 291–294.

Huntley*, J. W., S. Xiao, and M. Kowalewski, 1.3 billion years of acritarch history: An empirical morphospace approach. Precambrian Research, 144: 52-68.

Pyle, L. J., G. M. Narbonne, G. S. Nowlan, S. Xiao, and N. P. James, Early Cambrian metazoan eggs, embryos, and phosphatic microfossils from northwestern Canada. Journal of Paleontology, 80:811-825.

Huntley*, J. W., S. Xiao, and M. Kowalewski, On the morphological history of Proterozoic and Cambrian acritarchs. p. 23-56. In S. Xiao and A. J. Kaufman (ed.), Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Xiao, S. and L. Dong*, On the morphological and ecological history of Proterozoic macroalgae. p. 57-90. In S. Xiao and A. J. Kaufman (ed.), Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

S. Xiao and A. J. Kaufman (ed.), Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. 300 pages.

Yuan, X., S. Xiao, and C. Zhou, Evolutionary radiation of eukaryotes during the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo stage. p. In J. Rong (ed.), Origination, Radiation, and Biodiversity Changes: Evidence from the Chinese Fossil Record. Science Press, Beijing.

Zhu, M., S. Xiao, and C. Yin, The Second International Paleontological Congress Pre-Meeting Field Trip A8: The Cryogenian and Ediacaran of South China: Ice Ages, Animal Embryos, Acritarchs, and Algae. Beijing, 95 pages.

2005

Xiao, S., B. Shen*, C. Zhou*, G. Xie, and X. Yuan, A uniquely preserved Ediacaran fossil with direct evidence for a quilted bodyplan. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, USA, 102: 10227-10232.

Yuan, X., S. Xiao, and T. N. Taylor, Lichen-like symbiosis 600 million years ago. Science, 308: 1017-1020.

Yao*, J., S. Xiao, L. Yin, G. Li, and X. Yuan, Basal Cambrian microfossils from the Yurtus and Xishanblaq formations (Tarim, north-west China): Systematic revision and biostratigraphic correlation of Micrhystridium-like acritarchs from China. Palaeontology, 48: 687-708.

Hua, H., Z. Chen, X. Yuan, L. Zhang, and S. Xiao, Skeletogenesis and asexual reproduction in the earliest biomineralizing animal Cloudina. Geology, 33:277-280.

Xiao, S., J. Hu, X. Yuan, R. L. Parsley, and R. Cao, Articulated sponges from the Early Cambrian Hetang Formation in southern Anhui, South China: Their age and implications for the early evolution of sponges. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 220:89-117.

Zhou, C., G. Xie, and S. Xiao, New data of microfossils from Doushantuo Formation at Zhangcunping, Hubei Province. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 22: 217-224.

2004

Zhou, C., X. Yuan, S. Xiao, Z. Chen, and Y. Xue, Phosphatized fossil assemblage from the Doushantuo Fromation in Baokang, Hubei Province. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 21: 349-366.

Chen, Z., J. Hu, C. Zhou, S. Xiao, and X. Yuan, Sponge fossil assemblage from the Early Cambrian Hetang Formation in southern Anhui. Chinese Science Bulletin, 19: 1625-1628.

Xiao, S., Life on Earth: Precambrian Eukaryotes. In R. C. Selley, R. Cocks, and I. R. Plimer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geology. Volume 4, p. 354-363. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Xiao, S., Neoproterozoic glaciations and the fossil record. In G. S. Jenkins, M. McMenamin, C. P. McKay, and L. E. Sohl (ed.), Multidisciplinary Studies Exploring Extreme Proterozoic Environment Conditions. p. 199-214. American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington DC.

Li*, G. and S. Xiao, Tannuolina and Micrina (Tannuolinidae) from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Yunnan, South China, and their scleritome reconstruction. Journal of Paleontology, 78:900-913.

Zhou*, C., R. Tucker, S. Xiao, Z. Peng, X. Yuan, and Z. Chen, New constraints on the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations in South China. Geology, 32:437-440.

Xiao, S., An arthropod sphinx. Chinese Science Bulletin, 49: 983-984.

Xiao, S., H. Bao, H. Wang, A. J. Kaufman, C. Zhou, G. Li, X. Yuan, and H. Ling, The Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh Group in eastern Chinese Tianshan: Evidence for a post-Marinoan glaciation. Precambrian Research, 130:1-26.

Xiao, S., New multicellular algal fossils and acritarchs in Doushantuo chert nodules (Neoproterozoic, Yangtze Gorges, South China). Journal of Paleontology, 78(2):393-401.

Xiao, S., A. H. Knoll, X. Yuan, and C. M. Pueschel, Phosphatized multicellular algae in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China, and the early evolution of florideophyte red algae. American Journal of Botany, 91:214-227.

2003

Kaufman, A. J., and S. Xiao, High CO2 levels in the Proterozoic atmosphere estimated from ion microprobe analysis of individual microfossils. Nature, 425:279-282.

2002

Barfod, G.H., F. Albaréde, A. H. Knoll, S. Xiao, P. Télouk, R. Frei, and J. Baker, New Lu-Hf and Pb-Pb age constraints on the earliest animal fossils. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201:203-212.

Yuan, X., S. Xiao, R. L. Parsley, C. Zhou, Z. Chen and J. Hu, Towering sponges in an Early Cambrian Lagerstätte: Disparity between non-bilaterian and bilaterian epifaunal tierers at the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian transition. Geology, 30(4):363-366.

Xiao, S., Mitotic topologies and mechanics of Neoproterozoic algae and animal embryos. Paleobiology, 28(2):244-250.

Xiao, S., X. Yuan, M. Steiner and A. H. Knoll, Macroscopic carbonaceous compressions in a terminal Proterozoic shale: A reassessment of the Neoproterozoic Miaohe carbonaceous biota in South China. Journal of Paleontology, 76(2):347-376.

Zhou, C., X. Yuan and S. Xiao, Phosphatized biotas from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation on the Yangtze Platform. Chinese Science Bulletin, 47(22):1918-1924.

Yuan, X., S. Xiao, L. Yin, A. H. Knoll, C. Zhou, and X. Mu, Doushantuo Fossils: Life on the Eve of Animal Radiation. China University of Science and Technology Press, Hefei, China. 171 pages.

2001

Cao, R., X. Yuan, and S. Xiao, On morphogenesis of Conophyton stromatolites. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 40:318-329.

Knoll, A. H. and S. Xiao, Precambrian Lagerstätten. In D. E.G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther (eds.) Palaeobiology II, p. 332-337. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.

Yin, L., S. Xiao and X. Yuan, New observations on spicule-like structures from Doushantuo phosphorites at Weng’an, Guizhou Province. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46(21):1828-1832.

Zhou, C., K. Yan, J. Hu, F. Meng, Z. Chen, Y. Xue, R. Cao, L. Yin, J. Wang, J. Wang, S. Xiao, H. Bao, and X. Yuan, Neoproterozoic tillites at Lantian, Xiuning County, Anhui Province. Journal of Stratigraphy, 25(4):247-252.

Yuan, X., S. Xiao, J. Li, L. Yin and R. Cao, Pyritized chuarids with excystment structures from the late Neoproterozoic Lantian Formation in Anhui, South China. Precambrian Research, 107:251-261.

2000

Xiao, S., X. Yuan and A. H. Knoll, Eumetazoan fossils in terminal Proterozoic phosphorites? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 97(25): 13684-13689.

Xiao, S. and A. H. Knoll, Phosphatized animal embryos from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation in Weng’an, Guizhou, South China. Journal of Paleontology, 74(5): 767–788.

1999

Xiao, S. and A. H. Knoll, Cellular preservation in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Lagerstätte, South China. Lethaia, 32: 219-240.

Xiao, S. and A. H. Knoll, Embryos or algae? A reply. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 16(3): 313-323.

Xiao, S., A. H. Knoll, L. Zhang and H. Hua, The discovery of Wengania globosa in Doushantuo phosphorites in Chadian, Shaanxi Province. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 16(3): 259-266.

Knoll, A. H. and S. Xiao, On the age of the Doushantuo Formation. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica. 16(3): 225-236.

1998

Xiao, S., Y. Zhang, and A. H. Knoll, Three-dimensional preservation of algae and animal embryos in a Neoproterozoic phosphorite. Nature. 391: 553-558.

Xiao, S., A. H. Knoll and X. Yuan, Morphological reconstruction of Miaohephyton bifurcatum, a possible brown alga from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China. Journal of Paleontology. 72(6): 1072-1086.

Zhang Y., L. Yin, S. Xiao and A. H. Knoll, Permineralized fossils from the terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China. Paleontological Society Memoir 50: 1-52.

1997 and before

Xiao, S., A. H. Knoll, A. J. Kaufman, L. Yin and Y. Zhang, Neoproterozoic fossils in Mesoproterozoic rocks? Chemostratigraphic resolution of a biostratigraphic conundrum from the North China Platform. Precambrian Research, 84(3-4): 197-220.

Zhang, Y., L. Jin, S. Xiao and Y. Liang, Image analysis of stromatolite fabrics using a spatial frequency power spectrum analysis system. Journal of Geology, 101: 591-602.