Early–Middle Triassic fluvial ecosystems of Mallorca (Balearic Islands): Biotic communities and environmental evolution in the equatorial western peri-Tethys

R Matamales-Andreu, E Peñalver, E Mujal, O Oms… - Earth-science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Early–Middle Triassic, the biosphere was recovering from the most
severe mass extinction event of multicellular life, in the Permian–Triassic transition …

The Physics of Animal Behavior: Form, Function, and Interactions

CA Riiska, C Nguyen, O Peleg… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the physics of behavior in animals is a challenging and fascinating area of
research that has gained increasing attention in recent years. In this review, we delve into …

Unique trackway on Permian Karoo shoreline provides evidence of temnospondyl locomotory behaviour

DP Groenewald, A Krüger, MO Day, CR Penn-Clarke… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Large-bodied temnospondyl amphibians were the dominant predators in non-marine
aquatic ecosystems from the Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic. In the Permian-aged …

[HTML][HTML] Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the “Wealden facies” of Germany

S Sachs, JJ Hornung, BP Kear - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The holotype of Brancasaurus brancai is one of the most historically famous and
anatomically complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian fossils. It derived from the …

Paleopedology as a tool for reconstructing paleoenvironments and paleoecology

EJ Beverly, WE Lukens, GE Stinchcomb - Methods in paleoecology …, 2018 - Springer
Soils form as a product of physical, chemical, and biological activity at the outermost veneer
of Earth's surface. Once buried and incorporated into the sedimentary record, these soils …

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and early Permian ichnoassemblage from the NE Iberian Peninsula (Pyrenean Basin)

E Mujal, J Fortuny, O Oms, A Bolet, A Galobart… - Geological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Recent finds of tetrapod ichnites in the red-bed and volcaniclastic succession of the Iberian
Pyrenean Basin permits an assessment of the faunal diversity and palaeoenvironment of a …

Feeding traces and paleobiology of a Cretaceous (Cenomanian) crocodyliform: example from the Woodbine Formation of Texas

CR Noto, DJ Main, SK Drumheller - Palaios, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Direct evidence of behavior in extinct tetrapods is rare. However, these traces can inform a
variety of research questions touching on paleoecology, taphonomy, and functional …

Burrowing through the literature: the impact of soil-disturbing vertebrates on physical and chemical properties of soil

BF Platt, DJ Kolb, CG Kunhardt, SP Milo, LG New - Soil Science, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Soil-disturbing vertebrates (SDV) are relatively low in biodiversity and biomass compared
with the dominant soil fauna (microorganisms and invertebrates), but they can nevertheless …

Miocene vertebrate and invertebrate burrows defining compound paleosols in the Pawnee Creek Formation, Colorado, USA

DI Hembree, ST Hasiotis - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2008 - Elsevier
Ichnofossils from two compound paleosols in the middle Miocene Pawnee Creek Formation
(PCF) of northeastern Colorado, USA, indicate a diverse soil ecosystem that included plants …

Dwelling in the dead zone—vertebrate burrows immediately succeeding the end-Permian extinction event in Australia

S McLoughlin, C Mays, V Vajda, M Bocking… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT A distinctive burrow form, Reniformichnus australis n. isp., is described from
strata immediately overlying and transecting the end-Permian extinction (EPE) horizon in the …