Team Publications

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

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29JAN 2022
Team Publications
The Fossil Record of Parasitism
“The fossil record of parasites is limited thus far. A survey of the fossil record shows that some modes of preservation show a higher potential for the preservation of parasitic remains or parasite–host associations than generally recognized. A better understanding of the taphonomy of parasites is critical to better predict their preservation potential and, together […]
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29JAN 2022
Team Publications
Bivalve Mollusks as Hosts in the Fossil Record
“Parasites are ubiquitous in modern ecosystems, occupy one of the most successful life modes, promote ecosystem stability, and, despite their typically diminutive size and lack of a mineralized skeleton, are commonly identified in the fossil record. Bivalve mollusks have occupied marine aquatic environments since the Cambrian, comprise an excellent fossil record, and often preserve traces […]
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29JAN 2022
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Marine Biodiversity and Geographic Distributions
“Fundamental ecological and evolutionary theories, such as community saturation and diversity-dependent diversification, assume that biotic competition restricts resource use, and thus limits realized niche breadth and geographic range size. This principle is called competitive exclusion. The corollary (ecological release) posits that, after competitors disappear from a region, species that were previously excluded will invade. Hundreds […]“Fundamental ecological and evolutionary theories, such as community saturation and diversity-dependent diversification, assume that biotic competition restricts resource use, and thus limits realized niche breadth and geographic range size. This principle is called competitive exclusion. The corollary (ecological release) posits that, after competitors disappear from a region, species that were previously excluded will invade. Hundreds […]
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23JAN 2022
Team Publications
Plant longevity, drought and island isolation favoured insular woodiness
“Insular woodiness (IW)—the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness towards woodiness on islands—is one of the most iconic features of island floras. Since pioneering work by Darwin and Wallace, five IW drivers have been proposed: (i) favourable aseasonal climate and (ii) lack of large native herbivores promote plant longevity that (iii) results in prolonged flowering favouring outcrossing. […]“Insular woodiness (IW)—the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness towards woodiness on islands—is one of the most iconic features of island floras. Since pioneering work by Darwin and Wallace, five IW drivers have been proposed: (i) favourable aseasonal climate and (ii) lack of large native herbivores promote plant longevity that (iii) results in prolonged flowering favouring outcrossing. […]
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10JAN 2022
Team Publications
Cephalopod arm armature
“The cephalopod arm armature is certainly one of the most important morphological innovations responsible for the evolutionary success of the Cephalopoda. New palaeontological discoveries in the recent past afford to review and reassess origin and homology of suckers, sucker rings, hooks, and cirri. Since a priori character state reconstructions are still ambiguous, we suggest and […]
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05JAN 2022
Team Publications
Trilobites as Hosts for Parasites
“Extant marine arthropods are afflicted by a variety of parasitic diseases making it plausible that extinct trilobites also had a variety of parasites. Direct evidence in the form of preserved parasite body fossils is lacking to date, which is not surprising considering the poor preservation potential of soft tissues of parasites and their hosts. Some […]
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