Team Publications

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

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29JUN 2020
Team Publications
Time Machine Biology
“Direct observations of marine ecosystems are inherently limited in their temporal scope. Yet, ongoing global anthropogenic change urgently requires improved understanding of long-term baselines, greater insight into the relationship between climate and biodiversity, and knowledge of the evolutionary consequences of our actions. Sediment cores can provide this understanding by linking data on the responses of […]“Direct observations of marine ecosystems are inherently limited in their temporal scope. Yet, ongoing global anthropogenic change urgently requires improved understanding of long-term baselines, greater insight into the relationship between climate and biodiversity, and knowledge of the evolutionary consequences of our actions. Sediment cores can provide this understanding by linking data on the responses of […]
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27JUN 2020
Team Publications
Reconstruction of ecological niches
“Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species’ niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species’ environmental tolerances. Here, […]“Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species’ niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species’ environmental tolerances. Here, […]
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27JUN 2020
Team Publications
Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions
“Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species’ niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species’ environmental tolerances. Here, […]“Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species’ niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species’ environmental tolerances. Here, […]
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26JUN 2020
Team Publications
Age uncertainty leads to inaccurate topology and divergence
“Time calibrated trees are challenging to estimate for many extinct groups of species due to the incompleteness of the rock and fossil records. Additionally, the precise age of a sample is typically not known as it may have occurred at any time during the time interval spanned by the rock layer. Bayesian phylogenetic approaches provide […]
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21JUN 2020
Team Publications
Tetrapods across the Permo-Triassic
“The decline in species richness from the equator to the poles is referred to as the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG). Higher equatorial diversity has been recognized for over 200 years, but the consistency of this pattern in deep time remains uncertain. Examination of spatial biodiversity patterns in the past across different global climate regimes and […]
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16JUN 2020
Team Publications
Biomechanical properties of the jaws of Clevosaurus
“Clevosaurus (Late Triassic, Early Jurassic), a diapsid reptile belonging to the rhynchocephalians was used to study the dentary morphospace. Interestingly the morphospace differs from other rhynchocephalians. Finite element analysis indicates that the investigated species had bite forces and tooth pressures sufficient to break apart chitin suggesting a diet including tough‐shelled beetles and possibly small vertebrates.”Rhynchocephalians […]“Clevosaurus (Late Triassic, Early Jurassic), a diapsid reptile belonging to the rhynchocephalians was used to study the dentary morphospace. Interestingly the morphospace differs from other rhynchocephalians. Finite element analysis indicates that the investigated species had bite forces and tooth pressures sufficient to break apart chitin suggesting a diet including tough‐shelled beetles and possibly small vertebrates.”Rhynchocephalians […]
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