In present-day alluvial environments, the impact of vegetation on sedimentological
processes and deposits is well known. A vegetated catchment may decrease sediment yield …

Evidence from modern rivers and the deep-time geological record attests to the fundamental
importance of plant life for the construction of physical habitats within fluvial environments …

Vertebrate ancestors appeared in a uniform, shallow water environment, but modern
species flourish in highly variable niches. A striking array of phenotypes exhibited by …

Vertebrate vision is mediated by five groups of visual pigments, each absorbing a specific
wavelength of light between ultraviolet and red. Despite extensive mutagenesis analyses …

The colonization of land was one of the major events in Earth history, leading to the
expansion of life and laying the foundations for the modern biosphere. We examined trace …

Abstract The Bell Island and Wabana groups together comprise a ca. 150-m-thick
succession of interbedded clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks composed of eight …

Estuarine deposits of the Furongian Pico de Halcón Member of Argentina contain trace and
body fossils that allow assessing the role of evolutionary and environmental factors on early …

Early Paleozoic rocks are widespread, superbly exposed, and reach several thousand
metres thick in southern South America. A largely quadripartite geotectonic subdivision of …

The establishment of permanent animal communities on land was a defining event in the
history of evolution, and one for which the ichnofauna and facies of the Tumblagooda …

The palaeoenvironmental context of a section of the Devonian Ponta Grossa Formation
(Paraná Basin) was examined using an integrated ichnological and taphonomic approach …