With~ 14,000 extant species, ants are ubiquitous and of tremendous ecological importance.
They have undergone remarkable diversification throughout their evolutionary history …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) describes the pattern of increasing numbers of
species from the poles to the equator. Although recognized for over 200 years, the …

The Cretaceous-Paleogene event was the last mass extinction event, yet its impact and long-
term effects on species-level marine vertebrate diversity remain largely uncharacterized. We …

The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (164–100 Ma) represents one of the main transitional
periods in life history. Recent studies unveiled a complex scenario in which abiotic and …

This study reports elasmobranch remains from two fossil‐rich horizons in the earliest Danian
Olching Formation at Waidach, Austria. These outer neritic assemblages complement …

The emergence and subsequent evolution of pectoral fins is a key point in vertebrate
evolution, as pectoral fins are dominant control surfaces for locomotion in extant fishes. 1, 2 …

Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, walruses, and their fossil relatives) are one of the most
successful mammalian clades to live in the oceans. Despite a well-resolved molecular …

Humans have dramatically transformed ecosystems over the previous millennia and are
potentially causing a mass extinction event comparable to the others that shaped the history …

Abstract The Lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris is an important species experiencing
conservation issues that is in need of genomic resources. Herein, we conducted a genome …

ABSTRACT A fish fauna originating from a limestone level of the Palaeogene sedimentary
succession exposed on the northwestern side of the Transylvanian Basin (Gilău …