Team Publications

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

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07APR 2022
Team Publications
Historical significance and taxonomic status of Ischyrodon meriani
“Ischyrodon meriani is an obscure pliosaurid taxon established upon an exceptionally large tooth crown of a probable Callovian (Middle Jurassic) age that originates from Wölflinswil, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Despite being known for almost two centuries, the specimen remains poorly researched. Historically, I. meriani has been associated, or even considered conspecific, with Pliosaurus macromerus and Liopleurodon ferox. However, neither of the […]“Ischyrodon meriani is an obscure pliosaurid taxon established upon an exceptionally large tooth crown of a probable Callovian (Middle Jurassic) age that originates from Wölflinswil, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Despite being known for almost two centuries, the specimen remains poorly researched. Historically, I. meriani has been associated, or even considered conspecific, with Pliosaurus macromerus and Liopleurodon ferox. However, neither of the […]
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01APR 2022
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Targeted collections reveal new species and records of Bryozoa
“There have been 121 bryozoan species recorded from marine and freshwater ecosystems in Singapore. Here, 12 additional species, three of them new to science, are recorded for the first time in Singapore based on a targeted bryozoan collection campaign in 2019, bringing the bryozoan species tally to 133 species. The new records comprise one species […]
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30MAR 2022
Team Publications
Plastikmüllbelastung im Nordpolarmeer
“Kunststoffe, umgangssprachlich auch als Plastik bezeichnet, sind vielfältige und preiswerte Materialien, die diverse technische Innovationen erst ermöglicht haben. Daher steigt die weltweite Produktion stetig an. Daraus resultiert aber auch eine immer größere Menge an Plastikmüll. Durch unsachgemäße Entsorgung findet sich dieser allerdings mittlerweile in großen Mengen in der Umwelt. Insbesondere Mikroplastik, Kunststoffpartikel <5 mm, ist […]“Kunststoffe, umgangssprachlich auch als Plastik bezeichnet, sind vielfältige und preiswerte Materialien, die diverse technische Innovationen erst ermöglicht haben. Daher steigt die weltweite Produktion stetig an. Daraus resultiert aber auch eine immer größere Menge an Plastikmüll. Durch unsachgemäße Entsorgung findet sich dieser allerdings mittlerweile in großen Mengen in der Umwelt. Insbesondere Mikroplastik, Kunststoffpartikel <5 mm, ist […]
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22MAR 2022
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Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity
“Mosasauroidea, prominent marine lizards (Squamata, Toxicofera) of the final 30 million years of the Cretaceous, have been extensively studied for their morphology, ecology and systematics in the past two centuries. However, the relative roles of biological and physical processes as drivers of their morphological diversification remain uncertain. Here we investigate the macroevolution of mosasauroid feeding […]“Mosasauroidea, prominent marine lizards (Squamata, Toxicofera) of the final 30 million years of the Cretaceous, have been extensively studied for their morphology, ecology and systematics in the past two centuries. However, the relative roles of biological and physical processes as drivers of their morphological diversification remain uncertain. Here we investigate the macroevolution of mosasauroid feeding […]
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21MAR 2022
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Allometric analysis sheds light anurognathid pterosaurs
“Anurognathids are a clade of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs with generally conservative morphology, but specializations as insectivores. They are represented by a disparate collection of adult and juvenile specimens that range in wingspan from ∼0.24–1 m. There have been concerns about the extent to which ontogenetic variation might affect phylogenetic inference, and indeed how aspects of their ontogeny […]“Anurognathids are a clade of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs with generally conservative morphology, but specializations as insectivores. They are represented by a disparate collection of adult and juvenile specimens that range in wingspan from ∼0.24–1 m. There have been concerns about the extent to which ontogenetic variation might affect phylogenetic inference, and indeed how aspects of their ontogeny […]
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14MAR 2022
Team Publications
The naming of the Permian System
“The naming of the Permian by Roderick Murchison in 1841 is well known. This is partly because he ‘completed’ the stratigraphic column at the system level, but also because of the exotic aspects of his extended fieldwork in remote parts of Russia and his reputed character. Here, we explore several debated and controversial aspects of […]
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