On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals
… Here, because our focus is the initiation of diversification in the middle–Late Cretaceous,
we retain the shorthand of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) to broadly refer to this …
we retain the shorthand of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) to broadly refer to this …
The end-Cretaceous plant extinction: heterogeneity, ecosystem transformation, and insights for the future
… preventable, the sixth mass extinction could mirror the K–Pg event by eliminating comparable
… transforming terrestrial ecosystems while having little effect on global plant-family diversity. …
… transforming terrestrial ecosystems while having little effect on global plant-family diversity. …
The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution buffered ants against extinction
C Jouault, FL Condamine… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
… periods of ant diversification: after the K/Pg boundary (… extinction (the Late Cretaceous,
100.5 to 66 Ma), all with significant shifts in net diversification rates (origination minus extinction …
100.5 to 66 Ma), all with significant shifts in net diversification rates (origination minus extinction …
Shifts in trophic architecture and ecospace stability determining survivorship and extinction at the end-Cretaceous
… that the Cretaceous/Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution was … in mammalian diversity through
the Late Cretaceous should … (2) the diversity of mountain-proximal mammalian assemblages …
the Late Cretaceous should … (2) the diversity of mountain-proximal mammalian assemblages …
No phylogenetic evidence for angiosperm mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary
JB Thompson, S Ramírez-Barahona - Biology Letters, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Our Bayesian analyses of diversification through time provide … impact of the K-Pg on the
extinction of major angiosperm lineages. The analyses revealed relatively stable extinction rates …
extinction of major angiosperm lineages. The analyses revealed relatively stable extinction rates …
Early Cenozoic increases in mammal diversity cannot be explained solely by expansion into larger body sizes
… in diversity were also prominent among small-bodied mammals; a … of terrestrial ecosystems
over the K/Pg transition may be … mammal diversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. …
over the K/Pg transition may be … mammal diversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. …
[HTML][HTML] Molecules and fossils tell distinct yet complementary stories of mammal diversification
… , we compare mammalian diversification-rate signatures in a … We use fossil extinction rates
to correct or “push” the timetree-… ) between the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary and …
to correct or “push” the timetree-… ) between the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary and …
Mammaliaform extinctions as a driver of the morphological radiation of Cenozoic mammals
… , post-dating the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs at the K/Pg boundary, … diversity in
non-theriimorph mammaliaforms. This relaxation occurred even in small-bodied Cenozoic mammals …
non-theriimorph mammaliaforms. This relaxation occurred even in small-bodied Cenozoic mammals …
Genomes, fossils, and the concurrent rise of modern birds and flowering plants in the Late Cretaceous
S Wu, FE Rheindt, J Zhang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
… diversification of modern birds and mammals could well be driven by the Angiosperm Terrestrial
Revolution event… of angiosperms during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene (49). …
Revolution event… of angiosperms during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene (49). …
Onset of Late Cretaceous diversification in Europe's freshwater gastropod fauna links to global climatic and biotic events
TA Neubauer, M Harzhauser - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
… limited the potential for diversification among freshwater gastropods … Cretaceous Terrestrial
Revolution, which sparked the radiation of angiosperms. The expansion and diversification of …
Revolution, which sparked the radiation of angiosperms. The expansion and diversification of …