"“Locality 84” is a new Konservat-Lagerstätte from the Friuli Carbonate Platform (NE Italy) preserving articulated fish skeletons and plant fossils. The fossil assemblage was collected in a carbonate olistolith of one of the megabeds characterising the upper Palaeocene-lower Eocene Grivò Flysch For...
"A predictive ecological response to both the present and past climate crises is that marine ectotherm species will become smaller before going extinct or fluctuate in abundance and size with environmental conditions. The problem with studying past climate events with high rates and magnitude of wa...
A huge shout-out to Elizabeth M. Dowding for creating this groundbreaking article, and congratulations on its publication in Nature Eco & Evo. Great work and absolutely worth reading.
"Plant meso-fossils are crucial in paleobotanical studies, including taxonomy, paleoecology and plant–animal interactions. However, Cisuralian (early Permian) plant meso-remains such as dispersed cuticles, wood fragments and pollen aggregate, are extremely rare. One exceptional outcrop yielding lat...
"Coprolites provide valuable insights into paleoecological relationships, such as predation and parasitism, as well as taphonomic and paleoenvironmental conditions. However, few studies have focused on coprolites from the Rio do Rasto Formation, despite their abundance in this formation. Here we an...
"Some trilobites underwent drastic morphological transformations through their development. The Ordovician trilobite Lonchodomas chaziensis transformed, in a single molt, from a globular protaspid larva to a drastically different adult-like meraspid juvenile. This metamorphosis may be related to a ...
PaleoSynthesis has been running for over six years, and Elizabeth Dowding has been on board almost from the start. In the early years, Liz was primarily involved in the Big Questions before succeeding the project's first postdoc, Jansen Smith, in December 2022. Throughout this time, Elizabeth has n...
"Paleoart, long considered peripheral to paleoscience, has become a powerful medium for visualizing extinct life and landscapes. Yet its historical trajectory has been dominated by zoocentric traditions, where plants are relegated to vague backdrops despite their central role in Earth system dynami...
"India, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries and now the most populous, stands at a critical intersection of ecological wealth and intense anthropogenic pressure. Its unique geological history, once part of Gondwana and later colliding with Asia, has profoundly shaped its biota, resulting i...
"Bouldering is gaining popularity worldwide, but when practised outdoors, it can threaten local ecosystems and cause social conflicts, requiring effective management. In the Frankenjura region, one of Europe's most renowned climbing areas, the “Boulderappell” recommends specific behaviors to mitiga...
