Team Publications

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

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24APR 2020
Team Publications
Phanerozoic marine animal diversity
“Fossils, especially those from marine systems, have long been used to estimate changes in patterns of diversity over time. However, fossils are patchy in their occurrence, so such temporal estimates generally have not included variations due to space. Such a singular examination has the potential to simplify, or even misrepresent, patterns. Close et al. used a spatially […]
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14APR 2020
Team Publications
Sneaking up on ‘enemies’
“Bryozoans offer one of the few systems in which competitive interactions for living space can be studied in the fossil record. Here, we describe the outcome of competitive overgrowths in a 3-million-year-old bryozoan palaeocommunity encrusting shells of the bivalve Anomia simplex from the lower Tamiami Formation in Florida (upper Pliocene, Piacenzian). We found that win–lose overgrowths are […]“Bryozoans offer one of the few systems in which competitive interactions for living space can be studied in the fossil record. Here, we describe the outcome of competitive overgrowths in a 3-million-year-old bryozoan palaeocommunity encrusting shells of the bivalve Anomia simplex from the lower Tamiami Formation in Florida (upper Pliocene, Piacenzian). We found that win–lose overgrowths are […]
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01APR 2020
Team Publications
Devonian in the eastern Anti‐Atlas
“In some Devonian strata in the eastern Anti-Atlas, fossil invertebrates are abundant, display a high taxonomic diversity and indicate many shifts in palaeoecology. This is reflected in changes in faunal composition of invertebrates and vertebrates. Fossils of jawed vertebrates of late Lochkovian and younger age have been recorded and are relatively common with their abundance […]
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01APR 2020
Team Publications
Carbon isotope excursion across the interior of the Midland Platform
“Data from Hereford–Worcestershire and the West Midlands were used to study the Homerian carbon isotope excursion (Silurian) and depositional environment Regional differences in relative sea-level changes are recorded and the effect of depositional environment upon δ13Ccarb values is observed. “New δ13Ccarb and microfacies data from Hereford–Worcestershire and the West Midlands allow for a detailed examination of […]“Data from Hereford–Worcestershire and the West Midlands were used to study the Homerian carbon isotope excursion (Silurian) and depositional environment Regional differences in relative sea-level changes are recorded and the effect of depositional environment upon δ13Ccarb values is observed. “New δ13Ccarb and microfacies data from Hereford–Worcestershire and the West Midlands allow for a detailed examination of […]
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31MAR 2020
Team Publications
DNA from micro-invertebrate specimens
“”Resolution of relationships at lower taxonomic levels is crucial for answering many evolutionary questions, and as such, sufficiently varied species representation is vital. This latter goal is not always achievable with relatively fresh samples… Our “Resolution of relationships at lower taxonomic levels is crucial for answering many evolutionary questions, and as such, sufficiently varied species […]“”Resolution of relationships at lower taxonomic levels is crucial for answering many evolutionary questions, and as such, sufficiently varied species representation is vital. This latter goal is not always achievable with relatively fresh samples… Our “Resolution of relationships at lower taxonomic levels is crucial for answering many evolutionary questions, and as such, sufficiently varied species […]
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26MAR 2020
Team Publications
Ontogeny of cephalopod conchs
“Tomographic techniques are expensive and often time consuming. Cephalopods are an ideal object for such studies though. This manuscript aims to infer the number of conch measurements needed to characterize ontogeny. Nautilus pompilius was used for thiscase study and the authors came to the conclusion that for nautiloids “measurements of a conch every 30° and […]
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