Biotic interactions and their consequences for macroevolution: learning from the fossil record and beyond [0.03%]
生物间的相互作用及其对宏进化的影响：从化石记录中学习的经验教训等
Lee Hsiang Liow,Tiago B Quental
Lee Hsiang Liow
Every organism interacts with a host of other organisms of the same and different species throughout its life. These biotic interactions have varying influences on the reproduction and dispersal of the organism, and hence also the populatio...
Romain Pintore,John R Hutchinson,Peter J Bishop et al.
Romain Pintore et al.
Theropods are obligate bipedal dinosaurs that appeared 230 million years ago and are still extant as birds. Their history is characterized by extreme variations in body mass, with gigantism evolving convergently between many lineages. Howev...
Fitting and evaluating univariate and multivariate models of within-lineage evolution [0.03%]
单系演化的一元和多元模型的拟合与评估
Kjetil Lysne Voje
Kjetil Lysne Voje
The nature of phenotypic evolution within lineages is central to many unresolved questions in paleontology and evolutionary biology. Analyses of evolutionary time-series of ancestor-descendant populations in the fossil record are likely to ...
Erin M Dillon,Emma M Dunne,Tom M Womack et al.
Erin M Dillon et al.
Over the last 50 years, access to new data and analytical tools has expanded the study of analytical paleobiology, contributing to innovative analyses of biodiversity dynamics over Earth's history. Despite-or even spurred by-this growing av...
Diversification trajectories and paleobiogeography of Neogene chondrichthyans from Europe [0.03%]
欧洲新近纪软骨鱼类的分化轨迹和古生物地理学
Jaime A Villafaña,Marcelo M Rivadeneira,Catalina Pimiento et al.
Jaime A Villafaña et al.
Despite the rich fossil record of Neogene chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks, rays, and skates) from Europe, little is known about the macroevolutionary processes that generated their current diversity and geographical distribution. We comp...
Ediacara growing pains: Modular addition and development in Dickinsonia costata [0.03%]
迪克森卡斯特姆（Dickinsonia costata）的生长过程：模块化增加和发育
Scott D Evans,James G Gehling,Douglas H Erwin et al.
Scott D Evans et al.
Constraining patterns of growth using directly observable and quantifiable characteristics can reveal a wealth of information regarding the biology of the Ediacara Biota - the oldest macroscopic, complex community forming organisms in the f...
Evolution, diversity, and disparity of the tiger shark lineage Galeocerdo in deep time [0.03%]
虎鲨科Galeocerdo在远古时期的演化、多样性和差异性分析
Julia Türtscher,Faviel A López-Romero,Patrick L Jambura et al.
Julia Türtscher et al.
Sharks have a long and rich fossil record that consists predominantly of isolated teeth due to the poorly mineralized cartilaginous skeleton. Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo), which represent apex predators in modern oceans, have a known fossil re...
Herbivorous dinosaur jaw disparity and its relationship to extrinsic evolutionary drivers [0.03%]
植食性恐龙颌部差异及其与外源进化驱动因素的关系
Jamie A MacLaren,Philip S L Anderson,Paul M Barrett et al.
Jamie A MacLaren et al.
Morphological responses of nonmammalian herbivores to external ecological drivers have not been quantified over extended timescales. Herbivorous nonavian dinosaurs are an ideal group to test for such responses, because they dominated terres...
Body-size trends of the extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: a deep-time perspective on marine apex predators [0.03%]
鲸鱼级白垩纪巨鲨体型的演变：以古海洋顶级掠食者为视角
Catalina Pimiento,Meghan A Balk
Catalina Pimiento
The extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon is one of the largest marine apex predators ever to exist. Nonetheless, little is known about its body-size variations through time and space. Here, we studied the body-size trends of C. megalodon th...
Antonino Briguglio,Johann Hohenegger
Antonino Briguglio
This work shows the potential for applying three-dimensional biometry to studying cell growth in larger benthic foraminifera. The volume of each test chamber was measured from the three-dimensional model obtained by means of computed tomogr...