The chronology of mysticete diversification (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti): Body size, morphological evolution and global change

M Bisconti, L Pellegrino, G Carnevale - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
A comprehensive revision of the localities of discovery of fossil mysticetes is presented
together with a highly inclusive phylogenetic analysis in order to provide the basis for a …

Origination of the modern-style diversity gradient 15 million years ago

IS Fenton, T Aze, A Farnsworth, P Valdes, EE Saupe - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is a prevalent feature of modern ecosystems across
diverse clades,,–. Recognized for well over a century, the causal mechanisms for LDGs …

What the geological past can tell us about the future of the ocean's twilight zone

KA Crichton, JD Wilson, A Ridgwell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Paleontological reconstructions of plankton community structure during warm periods of the
Cenozoic (last 66 million years) reveal that deep-dwelling 'twilight zone'(200–1000 m) …

Late Cenozoic cooling restructured global marine plankton communities

A Woodhouse, A Swain, WF Fagan, AJ Fraass… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The geographic ranges of marine organisms, including planktonic foraminifera, diatoms,
dinoflagellates, copepods and fish, are shifting polewards owing to anthropogenic climate …

Alternating regimes of shallow and deep-sea diversification explain a species-richness paradox in marine fishes

EC Miller, CM Martinez, ST Friedman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The deep sea contains a surprising diversity of life, including iconic fish groups such as
anglerfishes and lanternfishes. Still,> 65% of marine teleost fish species are restricted to the …

Diachroneity rules the mid-latitudes: A test case using Late Neogene planktic foraminifera across the Western Pacific

AR Lam, MP Crundwell, RM Leckie, J Albanese… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Planktic foraminifera are commonly used for first-order age control in deep-sea sediments
from low-latitude regions based on a robust tropical–subtropical zonation scheme. Although …

Biogeographic response of marine plankton to Cenozoic environmental changes

A Swain, A Woodhouse, WF Fagan, AJ Fraass… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In palaeontological studies, groups with consistent ecological and morphological traits
across a clade's history (functional groups) afford different perspectives on biodiversity …

What the geological past can tell us about the future of the oceans twilight zone.

F Boscolo-Galazzo, E John, B Wade… - Nature …, 2023 - escholarship.org
Paleontological reconstructions of plankton community structure during warm periods of the
Cenozoic (last 66 million years) reveal that deep-dwelling twilight zone (200-1000 m) …

Globorotalia truncatulinoides in the Mediterranean Basin during the Middle–Late Holocene: Bio-Chronological and Oceanographic Indicator

G Margaritelli, F Lirer, K Schroeder, A Cloke-Hayes… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The planktonic foraminiferal species Globorotalia truncatulinoides is widely used as a
biostratigraphic proxy for the Quaternary in the Mediterranean region. High-resolution …

Leeuwin current dynamics in the SE Indian Ocean and implications for regional surface hydrography since the latest Miocene: Results from ODP Site 763A

RR Palei, AK Gupta, P Sanyal, MK Jaiswal - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the relationship between the ocean circulation dynamics in the eastern
Indian Ocean and climate variability in Northwest (NW) Australia over the last 6.1 million …