"The biggest known mass extinction in the history of animal life occurred at the Permian–Triassic boundary and has often been linked to global warming. Previous studies have suggested that a geologically rapid (<40 kyr) temperature increase of more than 10°C occurred simultaneously with the main...
"Geographic areas that are exceptionally rich in species, ecologically distinct and/or show high endemism (species occurring in that defined geographic area and nowhere else) are broadly recognised as biodiversity hotspots and prioritised for conservation. Here, we assess the impacts and vulnerabil...
"Hybodontiform shark teeth, cephalic and fin spines as well as placoid scales are reported here for the first time from the continental, Lower Triassic Dongchuan Formation near the village of Zhaojia (Huize County, Yunnan Province) in south-west China. The isolated teeth are assigned to three unide...
"Insular woodiness (IW)—the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness toward woodiness on islands—is one of the most iconic features of island floras. Since pioneering work by Darwin and Wallace, a number of drivers of IW have been proposed, such as 1) competition for sunlight requiring plants wi...
"Allometry is vital for understanding the mechanisms underlying phenotypic evolution. Despite a large body of literature on allometry, studies based on fossil time series are limited for solitary organisms and nonexistent for colonial organisms. Allometric relationships have been found to be relati...
"Today parasites comprise a huge proportion of living biodiversity and play a major role in shaping community structure. Given their ecological significance, parasite extinctions could result in massive cascading effects across ecosystems. It is therefore crucial that we have a way of estimating th...
The three intense weeks of the summer school are nearly over. After a BBQ Wednesday night mixing up with the week 1 participants of the #FlügelCourse (Homepage; Facebook) the last two days of the AWP2022 are on niche modelling taught by Erin Saupe from Oxford.
The time has come! Some time ago, FAU announced the "Open Research Challenge". Now the winner The time has come! Some time ago, FAU announced the "Open Research Challenge".
1. Fossil occurrence databases are indispensable resources to the palaeontological community, yet present unique data clean...
🤩 Safely having arrived in Erlangen and after three days of intense work the participants of the Analytical Paleobiology Workshop 2022 in Erlangen seem still happy.
The time has finally come! On Monday, the Analytical Paleobiology Workshop starts after 2 years of Covid-related break. We are happy to welcome 12 students in Erlangen and look forward to three weeks of intensive work. More about the course can be found here.
