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 …

Sharks and their relatives (Elasmobranchii) are highly threatened with extinction due to
various anthropogenic pressures. The abundant fossil record of fossil taxa has allowed the …

Modern elasmobranchs have a long evolutionary history and an abundant fossil record that
consists mainly of teeth. Many fossil taxa have living representatives. However, the …

Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

Making decisions about natural resource conservation is often difficult because of a lack of
longer‐term data, which are needed to provide a frame of reference for identifying and …

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 …

Most paleontologists would probably agree that the field of conservation paleobiology (Dietl
and Flessa, 2017) holds great promise in providing a long-term perspective on biotic …

Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining,
united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation …

Conservation challenges facing elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) due to large population
declines of many species are now widely recognized (Dulvy et al. 2017). Consequently …

Historical sources can provide important data for modern-day threatened species
conservation, such as identifying formerly important habitat on which to focus recovery …