Figure 1
Ediacaran correspondence analysis biplot, displaying the relationship between the observations (depositional environments—blue circles) and variables (ichnogenera—red triangles). Plot created in R with the factoextra package34. Abbreviations are as follows: Archaeonassa (An), Bergaueria (Be), Gordia (Go), Helminthoidichnites (He), Helminthopsis (Hl), Kimberichnus (Km), Palaeophycus (Pa), Torrowangea (To), treptichnids (Tr); Deep marine (DM), Deep marine turbidite system (DMTS), Marginal marine deltaic (MMD), Marginal marine deltaic—wave dominated (MMDWD), Marginal marine deltaic—wave dominated delta front (MMDWDDF), Shallow marine (SHM), Shallow marine tide dominated (SHMTD), Shallow marine tide dominated—Intertidal (SHMTDI), Shallow marine tide dominated—supratidal (SHMTDSPT), Shallow marine wave dominated (SHMWD), Shallow marine wave dominated – offshore (SHMWDOF), Shallow marine wave dominated—offshore transition (SHMWDOFT), Shallow marine wave dominated—offshore transition (SHMWDOFT), and Shallow marine wave dominated—shelf (SHMWDSH).
