Abstract The Ordovician Period records an extraordinary biodiversity increase known as the
Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), which coincided with a series of …

Ichnodisparity has been recently introduced as a concept to assess the variability of
morphologic plans in biogenic structures, revealing major innovations in body plan …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

This book provides readers with a well-balanced blend of high-quality photographs, figures
and accompanying texts on the identification of trace fossils, both in core and in outcrop …

Mechanisms for inorganic carbon acquisition in macroalgal assemblages today could
indicate how coastal ecosystems will respond to predicted changes in ocean chemistry due …

The Ordovician Period (~ 485-444 Ma) was an interval of major, causally interconnected 15
changes in the Earth's biotic, climatic, and environmental systems. The diversity of marine …

Clavate (club-shaped) structures rimming mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar,
previously misdiagnosed as fungal sporocarps, are shown to be domichnia (crypts) of …

Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view
of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late …

The symbiotic associates of hermit crabs (excluding parasites and flora) are reviewed
worldwide. The review includes species found on the shells occupied by hermit crabs …

The growth and decay of oceanic hotspot volcanoes are intrinsically related to a competition
between volcanic construction and erosive destruction, and coastlines are at the forefront of …