Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction

JL Penn, C Deutsch, JL Payne, EA Sperling - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Climate change triggered by volcanic greenhouse gases is hypothesized
to have caused the largest mass extinction in Earth's history at the end of the Permian Period …

Non-mammalian synapsids: the deep roots of the mammalian family tree

KD Angielczyk, CF Kammerer - Mammalian evolution, diversity and …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Mammals are arguably the most conspicuous tetrapods in the modern biota. Although there
are fewer extant mammal species (~ 5,500) than birds (~ 10,000) or squamates (~ 10,000) …

Expansion of arthropod herbivory in Late Triassic South Africa: the Molteno Biota, Aasvoëlberg 411 site and developmental biology of a gall

CC Labandeira, JM Anderson… - … World: Earth in a time of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Carnian Aasvoëlberg 411 (Aas411) site of the Molteno Formation in South
Africa provides exceptional data for understanding how plants, their arthropod herbivores …

A lithostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic framework in a geochronologic context for a purported Permian–Triassic boundary section at Old (West) Lootsberg Pass …

RA Gastaldo, J Neveling, JW Geissman… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Current models of the terrestrial biosphere's response to the end-Permian crisis are based
largely on lithostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic, and biostratigraphic records obtained …

Multifaceted disparity approach reveals dinosaur herbivory flourished before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

KK Nordén, TL Stubbs, A Prieto-Márquez, MJ Benton - Paleobiology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Understanding temporal patterns in biodiversity is an enduring question in paleontology.
Compared with studies of taxonomic diversity, long-term perspectives on ecological diversity …

Coral reefs in crisis: the reliability of deep-time food web reconstructions as analogs for the present

PD Roopnarine, AA Dineen - Marine conservation paleobiology, 2018 - Springer
Ongoing anthropogenic alterations of the biosphere have shifted emphasis in conservation
biology from individual species to entire ecosystems. Modern measures of ecosystem …

Taxonomic and ecomorphological diversity of temnospondyl amphibians across the Permian–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin (South Africa)

DA Tarailo - Journal of Morphology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Temnospondyl amphibians experienced a geologically brief interval of success in the wake
of the end‐Permian mass extinction. This study examines the relationship between …

[图书][B] Marine conservation paleobiology

CL Tyler, CL Schneider - 2018 - Springer
We believe that a book of this nature is timely and important in highlighting the contributions
of conservation paleobiology in solving modern ecological crises. The consequences of …

Carnivore stable carbon isotope niches reflect predator–prey size relationships in African savannas

J Codron, NL Avenant, C WIGLEY‐COETSEE… - Integrative …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Predator–prey size relationships are among the most important patterns underlying the
structure and function of ecological communities. Indeed, these relationships have already …

Stability, incumbency and ecological reorganization after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

P Roopnarine, A Weik, K Angielczyk, A Dineen - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME) altered macroevolutionary land-
scapes by removing incumbent biota. Here, using terrestrial paleocommunities of the Karoo …