Team Publications

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

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05AUG 2020
Team Publications
Chinese calcareous red algae as reef-constructors
“Calcareous red algae have been important components in reefal facies since the Mesozoic but their volumetric contribution to Palaeozoic reefs was usually low. Here, we report a reef-building community dominated by Parachaetetes, a genus of solenoporacean red algae, overgrowing uppermost Permian sponge reefs in Cili (Hunan Province, South China). The fossil assemblage in the community consists […]“Calcareous red algae have been important components in reefal facies since the Mesozoic but their volumetric contribution to Palaeozoic reefs was usually low. Here, we report a reef-building community dominated by Parachaetetes, a genus of solenoporacean red algae, overgrowing uppermost Permian sponge reefs in Cili (Hunan Province, South China). The fossil assemblage in the community consists […]
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02AUG 2020
Team Publications
An effect size statistical framework for investigating sexual dimorphism
“Despite reports of sexual dimorphism in extinct taxa, such claims in non-avian dinosaurs have been rare over the last decade and have often been criticized. Since dimorphism is widespread in sexually reproducing organisms today, under-reporting in the literature might suggest either methodological shortcomings or that this diverse group exhibited highly unusual reproductive biology. Univariate significance […]“Despite reports of sexual dimorphism in extinct taxa, such claims in non-avian dinosaurs have been rare over the last decade and have often been criticized. Since dimorphism is widespread in sexually reproducing organisms today, under-reporting in the literature might suggest either methodological shortcomings or that this diverse group exhibited highly unusual reproductive biology. Univariate significance […]
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01AUG 2020
Team Publications
Quantification and parsimony theories – follicucullid radiolarians
“The classical taxonomy of fossil invertebrates is based on subjective judgments of morphology, which can cause confusion, because there are no codified standards for the classification of genera. Here, we explore the validity of the genus taxonomy of 75 species and morphospecies of the Follicucullidae, a late Paleozoic family of radiolarians, using a new method, […]
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20JUL 2020
Team Publications
What triggered the GOBE?
“During the GOBE biodiversity increased remarkedly. Origination and extinction appears similar across diverse groups and geographical areas. This study focuses on hard substrate taxa and results indicate that there was a common cause of Ordovician diversification dynamics”The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) refers to one of the greatest increases in biodiversity during the Phanerozoic. Recent […]“During the GOBE biodiversity increased remarkedly. Origination and extinction appears similar across diverse groups and geographical areas. This study focuses on hard substrate taxa and results indicate that there was a common cause of Ordovician diversification dynamics”The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) refers to one of the greatest increases in biodiversity during the Phanerozoic. Recent […]
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15JUL 2020
Team Publications
Ontogeny of the trilobite Elrathia kingii
“Trilobites offer insight into the growth and development of fossil ecdysozoans. Elrathia kingii (Meek) is used to estimate growth rates and describe shape change over the ontogeny. The rate of cephalic shape change in E. kingii decreased at the transition from meraspis to holaspis, while the pygidium became more morphologically distinct from the thorax during holaspis”Trilobites […]
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13JUL 2020
Team Publications
Biodiversity patterns across the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
“The alternation of cold and mild phases during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA; 372 – 254 million years ago) led to changes in the composition of animal life. We analyze how the diversity of lamp shells (brachiopods), snails (gastropods), and bivalves (clams, scallops, mussels, etc.) changes throughout the LPIA. In general, brachiopods were more […]
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