Journal Pre-proof A tale of three taphonomic modes: The Ediacaran fossil Flabellophyton preserved in limestone, black shale, and sandstone Bin Wan, Zhe Chen, Xunlai Yuan, Ke Pang, Qing Tang, Chengguo Guan, Xiaopeng Wang, S.K. Pandey, Mary L. Droser, Shuhai Xiao PII: S1342-937X(20)30127-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.04.003 Reference: GR 2340 To appear in: Gondwana Research Received date: 24 September 2019 Revised date: 21 April 2020 Accepted date: 22 April 2020 Please cite this article as: B. Wan, Z. Chen, X. Yuan, et al., A tale of three taphonomic modes: The Ediacaran fossil Flabellophyton preserved in limestone, black shale, and sandstone, Gondwana Research (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.04.003 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. 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