Improved estimation of macroevolutionary rates from fossil data using a Bayesian framework

D Silvestro, N Salamin, A Antonelli, X Meyer - Paleobiology, 2019 - cambridge.org
The estimation of origination and extinction rates and their temporal variation is central to
understanding diversity patterns and the evolutionary history of clades. The fossil record …

Fast-growing species shape the evolution of reef corals

AC Siqueira, W Kiessling, DR Bellwood - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Ecological interactions are ubiquitous on tropical coral reefs, where sessile organisms
coexist in limited space. Within these high-diversity systems, reef-building scleractinian …

Assessing the impact of incomplete species sampling on estimates of speciation and extinction rates

RCM Warnock, TA Heath, T Stadler - Paleobiology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Estimating speciation and extinction rates is essential for understanding past and present
biodiversity, but is challenging given the incompleteness of the rock and fossil records …

Plio-Pleistocene environmental variability in Africa and its implications for mammalian evolution

AS Cohen, A Du, J Rowan, CL Yost… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the climatic drivers of environmental variability (EV) during the Plio-
Pleistocene and EV's influence on mammalian macroevolution are two outstanding foci of …

Empirical and methodological challenges to the model-based inference of diversification rates in extinct clades

D Černý, D Madzia, GJ Slater - Systematic Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Changes in speciation and extinction rates are key to the dynamics of clade
diversification, but attempts to infer them from phylogenies of extant species face challenges …

Deep drilling reveals massive shifts in evolutionary dynamics after formation of ancient ecosystem

T Wilke, T Hauffe, E Jovanovska, A Cvetkoska… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The scarcity of high-resolution empirical data directly tracking diversity over time limits our
understanding of speciation and extinction dynamics and the drivers of rate changes. Here …

Tectonic extension and paleoelevation influence mammalian diversity dynamics in the Basin and Range Province of western North America

TM Smiley, A Bahadori, ET Rasbury, WE Holt… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Landscape properties have a profound influence on the diversity and distribution of biota,
with present-day biodiversity hot spots occurring in topographically complex regions …

FossilSim: An r package for simulating fossil occurrence data under mechanistic models of preservation and recovery

J Barido‐Sottani, W Pett, JE O'Reilly… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Key features of the fossil record that present challenges for integrating palaeontological and
phylogenetic datasets include (i) non‐uniform fossil recovery,(ii) stratigraphic age …

A macroevolutionary analysis of European Late Upper Palaeolithic stone tool shape using a Bayesian phylodynamic framework

DN Matzig, B Marwick, F Riede… - Royal Society Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phylogenetic models are commonly used in palaeobiology to study the patterns and
processes of organismal evolution. In the human sciences, phylogenetic methods have …

Seven rules for simulations in paleobiology

J Barido-Sottani, EE Saupe, TM Smiley, LC Soul… - Paleobiology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Simulations are playing an increasingly important role in paleobiology. When designing a
simulation study, many decisions have to be made and common challenges will be …