"Different theories have been proposed to explain the phenotypic changes observed in island lineages, but it remains unclear if predictable evolutionary trajectories can be identified within island communities.
Using a 3D functional space approach, we tested whether insular endemic species tend...
"The plant macrofossil assemblage from a Rhaetian succession of a quarry near Einberg (Franconia, Germany), of which ferns, cycadophytes and ginkgophytes had been published earlier, comprises two conifer species (Schizolepidopsis liasokeuperianus and Stachyotaxus septentrionalis) that are unambiguo...
"Evolutionary relationships of fossil gastropods have largely been inferred using taxonomic systematics. Phylogenetic relationships between extinct gastropod groups and their relationship to extant groups are largely unresolved. Here we reconstruct the phylogeny of Pleurotomariida, which has the lo...
"This study focuses on newly collected plant fossils from the Cisuralian successions of the Khenifra Basin in Central Morocco, revealing a diverse assemblage dominated by conifers, pteridosperms, and sphenophytes. The assemblage includes eleven taxa of vegetative and reproductive organs preserved a...
"Phylogenetic models are commonly used in palaeobiology to study the patterns and processes of organismal evolution. In the human sciences, phylogenetic methods have been deployed for reconstructing ancestor–descendant relationships using linguistic and material culture data. Within evolutionary ar...
"Aim: To determine the degree to which assemblages of planktonic foraminifera track thermal conditions. Location: The world's oceans. Time Period: The last 700,000 years of glacial–interglacial cycles. Major Taxa Studied: Planktonic foraminifera. Methods: We investigate assemblage dynamics in plank...
"Hard substrate communities can impact coral reef growth by adding or removing calcium carbonate when they act as encrusters or bioeroders, respectively. Although such sclerobiont communities are known across the Phanerozoic, the Triassic saw a substantial increase in reef macrobioerosion. This stu...
"Phylogenetic estimation is, and has always been, a complex endeavor. Estimating a phylogenetic tree involves evaluating many possible solutions and possible evolutionary histories that could explain a set of observed data, typically by using a model of evolution. Modern statistical methods involve...
"Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi is considered one of the biostratigraphic marker species for the Lopingian of Europe. A morphological comparison between Kungurian (Cisuralian) and Wuchiapingian (Lopingian) Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi prepollen (dispersed from five outcrops and in situ from one cone) from th...
Preprint: "Controversies exist regarding the extent of past human influence on terrestrial ecosystems and the relative importance of human versus climatic factors in shaping Holocene vegetation. However, there has been no systematic examination of these issues at a global scale.
Here we integrat...
