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Fossils

Ontogeny, evolution and palaeogeographic distribution of the world’s largest ammonite Parapuzosia (P.) seppenradensis (Landois, 1895)

Christina Ifrim, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Arturo H. González González, Nils Schorndorf, Andrew S. Gale

published 10 Nov 2021

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Fossil birds from the Roof of the World: The first avian fauna from High Asia and its implications for late Quaternary environments in Eastern Pamir

Nikita Zelenkov, Nuritdin Sayfulloev, Svetlana V. Shnaider

published 27 Oct 2021

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Early development and coloniality in Oligophylloides from the Devonian of Morocco—Are Heterocorallia Palaeozoic octocorals?

Błażej Berkowski, Mikołaj K. Zapalski, Emilia Jarochowska, Phil Alderslade

published 29 Sep 2021

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The pattern of brain-size change in the early evolution of cetaceans

David A. Waugh, J. G. M. Thewissen

published 28 Sep 2021

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Rewinding the molecular clock in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in light of fossil evidence and the Gondwana split: A reanalysis

Lars Opgenoorth, Sylvia Hofmann, Joachim Schmidt

published 22 Sep 2021

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The effects of fossil taxa, hypothetical predicted ancestors, and a molecular scaffold on pseudoextinction analyses of extant placental orders

Peggy L. Brady, Mark S. Springer

published 17 Sep 2021

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A Middle Devonian vernal pool ecosystem provides a snapshot of the earliest forests

Khudadad

published 01 Sep 2021

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Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Insights into the origin of an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätte

Giulia Bosio, Alberto Collareta, Claudio Di Celma, Olivier Lambert, Felix G. Marx, Christian de Muizon, Anna Gioncada, Karen Gariboldi, Elisa Malinverno, Rafael Varas Malca, Mario Urbina, Giovanni Bianucci

published 15 Jul 2021

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Two turtles with soft tissue preservation from the platy limestones of Germany provide evidence for marine flipper adaptations in Late Jurassic thalassochelydians

Walter G. Joyce, Matthias Mäuser, Serjoscha W. Evers

published 03 Jun 2021

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Rheological properties of calcite oozes: Implications for the fossilisation in the plattenkalks of the Solnhofen-Eichstätt lagoons in the Franconian Alb, Germany

Sydney Gerschermann, Chris Ballhaus, Fabian Gäb

published 02 Jun 2021

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A new Oligocene-Miocene tree from Panama and historical Anacardium migration patterns

Oris Rodríguez-Reyes, Emilio Estrada-Ruiz, Camila Monje Dussán, Lilian de Andrade Brito, Teresa Terrazas

published 02 Jun 2021

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Coiling directions in the planktonic foraminifer Pulleniatina: A complex eco-evolutionary dynamic spanning millions of years

Paul N. Pearson, Luke Penny

published 13 Apr 2021

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Climbing since the early Miocene: The fossil record of Paullinieae (Sapindaceae)

Nathan A. Jud, Sarah E. Allen, Chris W. Nelson, Carolina L. Bastos, Joyce G. Chery

published 07 Apr 2021

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