Team Publications

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

19 to 24 of 504

27NOV 2025
Team Publications
The effect of climate legacies on extinction dynamics
“One of the main objectives of ecological research is to enhance our understanding of the processes that lead to species extinction. A potentially crucial extinction pattern is the dependence of contemporary biodiversity dynamics on past climates, also known as “climate legacy”. However, the general impact of climate legacy on extinction dynamics is unknown. Here, we […]
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10NOV 2025
Team Publications
Solution to the cephalopod cameral deposits riddle
“Orthoceratoid cephalopods are common in the Palaeozoic rock record but went extinct in the Late Triassic. Many orthoceratoids contain cameral deposits, which are enigmatic calcareous structures within their chambered shell that presumably balanced their straight conchs in a horizontal position. Since the mid-19th century, palaeontologists have attempted to understand the cameral deposit formation process. Various hypotheses […]“Orthoceratoid cephalopods are common in the Palaeozoic rock record but went extinct in the Late Triassic. Many orthoceratoids contain cameral deposits, which are enigmatic calcareous structures within their chambered shell that presumably balanced their straight conchs in a horizontal position. Since the mid-19th century, palaeontologists have attempted to understand the cameral deposit formation process. Various hypotheses […]
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10NOV 2025
Team Publications
Vertebrate ichnosites as geological heritage
“For the last 3 decades, there has been a significant increase in interest among scientists and policymakers worldwide in the heritage significance of geology, particularly in the context of geoconservation, geotourism, and geopark initiatives. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for vertebrate ichnosite protection and geoconservation all over the world and highlights […]“For the last 3 decades, there has been a significant increase in interest among scientists and policymakers worldwide in the heritage significance of geology, particularly in the context of geoconservation, geotourism, and geopark initiatives. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for vertebrate ichnosite protection and geoconservation all over the world and highlights […]
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30OCT 2025
Team Publications
Phytoplankton Blooms on the Barents Shelf
“Mid‐ to higher‐latitude shallow marine environments are suggested to serve as refugia fororganisms during intervals of rapid environmental change associated with hyperthermals. To understand therole of these environments during hyperthermals, we herein investigate the Permian–Triassic environmentalcrisis, which led to the most severe mass extinction event in the Phanerozoic. Our analysis of siliciclasticdeposits from the Boreal […]“Mid‐ to higher‐latitude shallow marine environments are suggested to serve as refugia fororganisms during intervals of rapid environmental change associated with hyperthermals. To understand therole of these environments during hyperthermals, we herein investigate the Permian–Triassic environmentalcrisis, which led to the most severe mass extinction event in the Phanerozoic. Our analysis of siliciclasticdeposits from the Boreal […]
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24OCT 2025
Big Questions
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project
👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper “Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project” is published in Paleobiology. “Paleontology provides insights into the history of the planet, from the origins of life billions of years ago to the biotic changes […]
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24OCT 2025
Team Publications
Cryptic species can be phylogenetically old
“The impact of strongly differentiated populations on species delimitation due to limited or sex-biased dispersal remains challenging and under-explored in the framework of integrative taxonomy. The Mediterranean chafer beetle genus Pachypus is remarkable for its extreme female philopatry, with entirely wingless and subterranean females. This makes Pachypus an interesting case study. Based on a dataset of over 900 protein-coding […]“The impact of strongly differentiated populations on species delimitation due to limited or sex-biased dispersal remains challenging and under-explored in the framework of integrative taxonomy. The Mediterranean chafer beetle genus Pachypus is remarkable for its extreme female philopatry, with entirely wingless and subterranean females. This makes Pachypus an interesting case study. Based on a dataset of over 900 protein-coding […]
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