Decline in extinction rates and scale invariance in the fossil record [PDF]
Paleobiology 25, 434-439 (1999), 1998 We show that the decline in the extinction rate during the Phanerozoic can be accurately parameterized by a logarithmic fit to the cumulative total extinction. This implies that extinction intensity is falling off approximately as the reciprocal of time.
Eble, Gunther J., Newman, M. E. J.
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Long-Term Cycles in the History of Life: Periodic Biodiversity in the Paleobiology Database [PDF]
PLoS ONE 3(12): e4044. (2008), 2008 Time series analysis of fossil biodiversity of marine invertebrates in the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) shows a significant periodicity at approximately 63 My, in agreement with previous analyses based on the Sepkoski database. I discuss how this result did not appear in a previous analysis of the PBDB.
Adrian L. Melott
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Denormalized occurrence table of the Paleobiology Database
, 2020 The Paleobiology Database Community
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Paleobiology and Behavior [PDF]
, 2017 Paleobiology, the study of ancient life, gives us a window onto the habits, biology, and behavior of individuals and species that are now extinct. Although extinct species cannot be observed directly, their paleobiology and behavior can be inferred from ...
Sarah Elton
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Paleobiology and Philosophy [PDF]
, 2019 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer via the DOI in this record.I offer four ways of distinguishing paleobiology from neontology, and from this develop a sketch of the philosophy of paleobiology.
Currie, AM
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Discrete and continuous character-based disparity analyses converge to the same macroevolutionary signa. A case study from captorhinids [PDF]
, 2017 The relationship between diversity and disparity during the evolutionary history of a clade provides unique insights into evolutionary radiations and the biological response to bottlenecks and to extinctions.
Brocklehurst, Neil +2 more
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Climate change and the selective signature of the Late Ordovician mass extinction [PDF]
, 2012 Selectivity patterns provide insights into the causes of ancient extinction events. The Late Ordovician mass extinction was related to Gondwanan glaciation; however, it is still unclear whether elevated extinction rates were attributable to record ...
Finnegan, Seth +3 more
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What is conservation paleobiology? Tracking 20 years of research and development [PDF]
, 2022 Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining, united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Catalina Pimiento
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Using abundance data to assess the relative role of sampling biases and evolutionary radiations in Upper Muschelkalk ammonoids [PDF]
, 2011 The Middle Triassic ammonoid genus Ceratites diversified spectacularly within the Germanic Muschelkalk Basin during the Anisian/Ladian (244–232 Mya). Previous studies have interpreted this diversification as a sequence of rapid, endemic radiations from a
Kiessling, Wolfgang +1 more
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A ubiquitous ~62 Myr periodic fluctuation superimposed on general trends in fossil biodiversity: II, Evolutionary dynamics associated with periodic fluctuation in marine diversity [PDF]
Paleobiology 37:383-408,2011, 2010 We investigate evolutionary dynamics related to periodicity fossil biodiversity. Coherent periodic fluctuation in origination/extinction of marine genera that survive <45 million years is the source of an observed ~62 million year periodicity analyzed in Paper I. We also show that the evolutionary dynamics of "long-lived" genera (those that survive >45
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