"During the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic, the area around Bristol and South Wales was an archipelago of islands occupied by diverse small-sized tetrapods. The largest of these palaeo-islands was Mendip Island, now forming the Mendip Hills, and the location of some famous fossiliferous sites. Th...
"The increasing popularity of digital media among protected area visitors poses challenges to protected area management. It alters the way visitors move and behave in the area, potentially increasing disturbance of nature, and it might also affect their expectation prior to the visit and their refl...
"The increasing similarity of plant species composition among distinct areas is leading to the homogenization of ecosystems globally. Human actions such as ecosystem modification, the introduction of non-native plant species and the extinction or extirpation of endemic and native plant species are ...
"Here we describe the first articulated olenid trilobite specimens recovered from the lowermost Fezouata Shale Formation (lower Tremadocian, Ordovician) of Morocco. Prior to the discovery of this sample, only two partial olenid trilobite specimens had been found from this part of the rock record. T...
"The Upper Jurassic Plattenkalk deposits of the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria in southern Germany, one of the most productive Fossillagerstätten worldwide, are widely believed to be devoid of palynomorphs or to contain only poorly preserved organic matter. A first palynological study of sediments ...
"Red Queen (RQ) theory states that adaptation does not protect species from extinction because their competitors are continually adapting alongside them. RQ was founded on the apparent independence of extinction risk and fossil taxon age, but analytical developments have since demonstrated that age...
From January 9-12 the IRAL workshop took place as our first in person event in 2024. Besides those that travelled to Erlangen many other scientists from all over the world were contributing via Zoom by giving talks and adding to the discussion. More on IRAL
"A systematic horizon scanning was undertaken to identify the up-to-date perspectives on paleontological research. A summarized evaluation (applicability and acceptability) was also provided to identify the challenges and opportunities of paleontological techniques. Present-day advances in molecula...
"Data compilations expand the scope of research; however, data citation practice lags behind advances in data use. It remains uncommon for data users to credit data producers in professionally meaningful ways. In paleontology, databases like the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) enable assessment of pat...
