Team Publications

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

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19FEB 2020
Team Publications
Chamber volume development in nautilids, coleoids, and ammonoids
“Reconstructing the physiology of extinct organisms is key to understanding mechanisms of selective extinction during biotic crises. Soft tissues of extinct organisms are rarely preserved and, therefore, a proxy for physiological aspects is needed. Here, we examine whether cephalopod conchs yield information about their physiology by assessing how the formation of chambers respond to external […]“Reconstructing the physiology of extinct organisms is key to understanding mechanisms of selective extinction during biotic crises. Soft tissues of extinct organisms are rarely preserved and, therefore, a proxy for physiological aspects is needed. Here, we examine whether cephalopod conchs yield information about their physiology by assessing how the formation of chambers respond to external […]
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18FEB 2020
Team Publications
Spatial distribution of oncocerid cephalopods
“Reproductive strategies of extinct organisms can only be recognised indirectly and hence, they are exceedingly rarely reported and tend to be speculative. Here, we present a mass-occurrence with common preservation of pairs of late Givetian (Middle Devonian) oncocerid cephalopods from Hamar Laghdad in the Tafilalt (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco). We analysed their spatial occurrences with spatial […]“Reproductive strategies of extinct organisms can only be recognised indirectly and hence, they are exceedingly rarely reported and tend to be speculative. Here, we present a mass-occurrence with common preservation of pairs of late Givetian (Middle Devonian) oncocerid cephalopods from Hamar Laghdad in the Tafilalt (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco). We analysed their spatial occurrences with spatial […]
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18FEB 2020
Team Publications
Semelparous life cycle of oncocerid cephalopods
“Mass-occurrences of oncocerid cephalopods from the Givetian of Morocco are studied regarding their pairwise pattern of clustering. The authors suggest that oncocerids were semelparous and died shortly after mating.”Reproductive strategies of extinct organisms can only be recognised indirectly and hence, they are exceedingly rarely reported and tend to be speculative. Here, we present a mass-occurrence […]“Mass-occurrences of oncocerid cephalopods from the Givetian of Morocco are studied regarding their pairwise pattern of clustering. The authors suggest that oncocerids were semelparous and died shortly after mating.”Reproductive strategies of extinct organisms can only be recognised indirectly and hence, they are exceedingly rarely reported and tend to be speculative. Here, we present a mass-occurrence […]
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14FEB 2020
Team Publications
Armour from the tail of Stagonolepis robertsoni
“The aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni was the first reptile to be named from the Late Triassic Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of Morayshire. Its characteristic rectangular armour plates have been reported in isolation and in association with skeletal remains. Here we present for the first time a three-dimensional reconstruction of the armour plates around the tail in association with caudal […]“The aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni was the first reptile to be named from the Late Triassic Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of Morayshire. Its characteristic rectangular armour plates have been reported in isolation and in association with skeletal remains. Here we present for the first time a three-dimensional reconstruction of the armour plates around the tail in association with caudal […]
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10FEB 2020
Team Publications
Phanerozoic fossil extinction regimes
“Rapid climate change is postulated to cause marine extinctions, especially among climate-sensitive clades, traits and regions. This premise is based on two hypotheses: (1) known individual physiological sensitivities scale up to macroecological selectivity patterns and (2) ancient hyperthermal events are appropriate models to anticipate ecological winners and losers of anthropogenic climate change. Yet these hypotheses […]“Rapid climate change is postulated to cause marine extinctions, especially among climate-sensitive clades, traits and regions. This premise is based on two hypotheses: (1) known individual physiological sensitivities scale up to macroecological selectivity patterns and (2) ancient hyperthermal events are appropriate models to anticipate ecological winners and losers of anthropogenic climate change. Yet these hypotheses […]
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02FEB 2020
Team Publications
Intensifying aeolian activity following the end-Permian mass extinction
“Sedimentary successions provide direct evidence of climate and tectonics, and these give clues about the causes of the mass extinction around the Permian–Triassic boundary. Terrestrial Permian–Triassic boundary strata in the eastern Ordos Basin, North China, include the Late Permian Sunjiagou, Early Triassic Liujiagou and late Early Triassic Heshanggou formations in ascending order. The Sunjiagou Formation […]“Sedimentary successions provide direct evidence of climate and tectonics, and these give clues about the causes of the mass extinction around the Permian–Triassic boundary. Terrestrial Permian–Triassic boundary strata in the eastern Ordos Basin, North China, include the Late Permian Sunjiagou, Early Triassic Liujiagou and late Early Triassic Heshanggou formations in ascending order. The Sunjiagou Formation […]
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