Team Publications

Publications by the members of the Paleosynthesis Team and Scientific Advisory Board

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03MAR 2026
Team Publications
“LOCALITY 84”, a new Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte
““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 Formation in the Julian Prealps. Fish remains are dominant, but plant fossils form one […]
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03MAR 2026
Team Publications
An unpredictable body size response to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis
“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 warming, which may serve as analogues for projected climate change, […]
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17FEB 2026
News
Nature publication for Elizabeth Dowding
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.
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05FEB 2026
Team Publications
An exceptional plant mesofossil assemblage from the Kungurian
“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 late Kungurian plant mesofossils is Gorl in the Athesian Volcanic District (Northern Italy). Dispersed cuticles confirm the presence of Peltaspermales […]“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 late Kungurian plant mesofossils is Gorl in the Athesian Volcanic District (Northern Italy). Dispersed cuticles confirm the presence of Peltaspermales […]
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05FEB 2026
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Paleoecological insights from coprolites
“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 analyze and describe 97 coprolites from 11 sites within the Rio do Rasto Formation (middle/upper […]“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 analyze and describe 97 coprolites from 11 sites within the Rio do Rasto Formation (middle/upper […]
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05FEB 2026
Team Publications
Modular reorganization of the trilobite Lonchodomas chaziensis
“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 complete shift in lifestyle from a free-floating planktic life-mode into a bottom-dwelling benthic life-mode. By focusing on variation between […]“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 complete shift in lifestyle from a free-floating planktic life-mode into a bottom-dwelling benthic life-mode. By focusing on variation between […]
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