The reorganization of predator–prey networks over 20 million years explains extinction patterns of mammalian carnivores

JCS Nascimento, F Blanco, MS Domingo… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Linking the species interactions occurring at the scale of local communities to their potential
impact at evolutionary timescales is challenging. Here, we used the high‐resolution fossil …

Top of the food chains: an ecological network of the marine Paja Formation biota from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia reveals the highest trophic levels ever …

D Cortés, HCE Larsson - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Mesozoic Marine Revolution restructured the world's ocean biodiversity into the
complex marine ecosystems of today. This revolution began during the Triassic but the …

Extinction cascades, community collapse, and recovery across a Mesozoic hyperthermal event

AM Dunhill, K Zarzyczny, JO Shaw, JW Atkinson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mass extinctions are considered to be quintessential examples of Court Jester drivers of
macroevolution, whereby abiotic pressures drive a suite of extinctions leading to huge …