Team Publications

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

151 to 156 of 518

15SEP 2023
Team Publications
A Coelophysoidea (Dinosauria, Therpoda) femur
“Theropods originated in the Late Triassic and their relations and early evolution are still topics of discussion. Within Neotheropoda, coelophysoids represent their earliest worldwide radiation and include most Triassic theropods, but their internal relations remain volatile. In this paper, we discuss the significance of a coelophysoid femur from the Rhaetian Tytherington fissures near Bristol, UK. […]“Theropods originated in the Late Triassic and their relations and early evolution are still topics of discussion. Within Neotheropoda, coelophysoids represent their earliest worldwide radiation and include most Triassic theropods, but their internal relations remain volatile. In this paper, we discuss the significance of a coelophysoid femur from the Rhaetian Tytherington fissures near Bristol, UK. […]
Read more about A Coelophysoidea (Dinosauria, Therpoda) femur
15SEP 2023
Team Publications
Measurement theory and paleobiology
“The way we measure entities can have significant downstream effects on the transformations we can employ and the analytical methods we can use without breaking the link between the measurement and the aspect of reality they represent. Despite its obvious importance in any quantitative science, measurement theory is currently underused in biological research, including paleobiology.Proper […]
Read more about Measurement theory and paleobiology
15SEP 2023
Team Publications
Bayesian analyses indicate bivalves did not drive the downfall of brachiopods
“Certain times of major biotic replacement have often been interpreted as broadly competitive, mediated by innovation in the succeeding clades. A classic example was the switch from brachiopods to bivalves as major seabed organisms following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME), ~252 million years ago. This was attributed to competitive exclusion of brachiopods by the better […]
Read more about Bayesian analyses indicate bivalves did not drive the downfall of brachiopods
15SEP 2023
Team Publications
Oversimplification risks too much
“As anthropogenic climate change pushes modern ecosystems into uncharted territory, marine ectotherms show particularly clear climate change impacts. Coincidentally, marine invertebrates have the lion’s share of the macrofossil record, sometimes covering ancient episodes of rapid global warming (hyperthermals) that led to extinction crises, including mass extinctions. This makes the fossil record an unrivalled but complex […]“As anthropogenic climate change pushes modern ecosystems into uncharted territory, marine ectotherms show particularly clear climate change impacts. Coincidentally, marine invertebrates have the lion’s share of the macrofossil record, sometimes covering ancient episodes of rapid global warming (hyperthermals) that led to extinction crises, including mass extinctions. This makes the fossil record an unrivalled but complex […]
Read more about Oversimplification risks too much
08SEP 2023
Team Publications
Automated visitor and wildlife monitoring
“As human activities in natural areas increase, understanding human–wildlife interactions is crucial. Big data approaches, like large-scale camera trap studies, are becoming more relevant for studying these interactions. In addition, opensource object detection models are rapidly improving and have great potential to enhance the image processing of camera trap data from human and wildlife activities. […]“As human activities in natural areas increase, understanding human–wildlife interactions is crucial. Big data approaches, like large-scale camera trap studies, are becoming more relevant for studying these interactions. In addition, opensource object detection models are rapidly improving and have great potential to enhance the image processing of camera trap data from human and wildlife activities. […]
Read more about Automated visitor and wildlife monitoring
08SEP 2023
Team Publications
Kungurian (Cisuralian) conifers and environmental changes
“The Le Fraine fossil locality, near the Tregiovo village (Trento Province, northern Italy) yields two of the best documented Kungurian (early Permian) plant fossil assemblages of eastern palaeoequatorial Pangea. Both plant assemblages (Tregiovo A and B) are dominated by walchian and voltzian conifers but differ in the relative abundance of the major plant groups. Analyses […]
Read more about Kungurian (Cisuralian) conifers and environmental changes