Team Publications

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

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03NOV 2021
Team Publications
Tropical diversity gradients
“Species are distributed unevenly across the surface of Earth. More species are found in the warm tropics than in cool temperate regions. This pattern was first recognized over two centuries ago by Alexander von Humboldt, with his observation “The nearer we approach the tropics, the greater the increase in the variety of structure, grace of […]
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27OCT 2021
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Does time matter in phylogeny?
“The role of time (i.e. taxa ages) in phylogeny has been a source of intense debate within palaeontology for decades and has not yet been resolved fully. The fossilised birth-death range process is a model that explicitly accounts for information about species through time. It presents a fresh opportunity to examine the role of stratigraphic […]
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26OCT 2021
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Biodiversity across space and time
“The fossil record is the primary source of information on how biodiversity has varied in deep time, providing unique insight on the long-term dynamics of diversification and their drivers. However, interpretations of fossil record diversity patterns have been much debated, with a traditional focus on global diversity through time. Problems arise because the fossil record […]
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26OCT 2021
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Bottom-up controls, ecological revolutions, diversification
“Animals originated in the oceans and evolved there for hundreds of millions of years before adapting to terrestrial environments. Today, oceans cover more than two-thirds of Earth and generate as much primary production as land. The path from the first macrobiota to modern marine biodiversity involved parallel increases in terrestrial nutrient input, marine primary production, […]
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21OCT 2021
Team Publications
Analysis of septal spacing and septal crowding
“Septal crowding is widely known as a sign of maturity in conchs of ammonoids and nautiloids. However, reduced septal spacing may also occur as a consequence of adverse ecological conditions. Here, we address the question how septal spacing varied through ontogeny in representatives of some of the major clades of Devonian and Carboniferous ammonoids. We […]
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18OCT 2021
Team Publications
A thing with feathers
“It was 25 years ago this October that one of the most shocking discoveries in palaeontology was announced: a dinosaur with feathers! Everyone knows that birds have feathers, and indeed feathers are the defining characteristic of birds, so how could some other kind of animal have feathers? Back then, palaeontologists were split in their opinions […]
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