The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education

K Nanglu, D de Carle, TM Cullen… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals

LN Weaver, JR Kelson, RM Holder, NA Niemi… - Earth-science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mammals rose to prominence in terrestrial ecosystems after the Cretaceous–Paleogene
mass extinction, but the mammalian lineages characteristic of Paleogene faunas began their …

A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: state-of-the-art and prospectus

P Upchurch, AA Chiarenza - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dinosaurs potentially originated in the mid-palaeolatitudes of Gondwana 245–235 million
years ago (Ma) and may have been restricted to cooler, humid areas by low-latitude arid …

The evolution of mineral hardness reveals both changing parageneses and preservational bias in the mineralogical record

M Bermanec, AM Eleish, SM Morrison, A Prabhu… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
A survey of the average Mohs hardness of minerals throughout Earth's history reveals a
significant and systematic decrease from> 6 in presolar grains to~ 5 for Archean lithologies …

New biogeochemical insights into Mesozoic terrestrial paleoecology and evidence for omnivory in troodontid dinosaurs

TM Cullen, BL Cousens - Geological Society of America …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cretaceous paleocommunities of North America preserve a rich record of
biodiversity that suggests many species occupied narrow biogeographic ranges in …

[HTML][HTML] Lower-order transgressive–regressive cycles within a higher-order transgression at the basin margin: an aberrant intercalation of palaeosol and biostromal …

A Srivastava, S Dasgupta, S Singh - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chhasra Formation (CF) of Kutch Basin exemplifies a typical mixed siliciclastic-
carbonate system with alternations of biostromal carbonate and fine-grained siliciclastic …

The spatiotemporal distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur diversity

PD Mannion - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Much of our view on Mesozoic dinosaur diversity is obscured by biases in the fossil record.
In particular, spatiotemporal sampling heterogeneity affects identification of the timing and …

The macroecology of Mesozoic dinosaurs

AA Chiarenza - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dinosaurs thrived for over 160 million years in Mesozoic ecosystems, displaying diverse
ecological and evolutionary adaptations. Their ecology was shaped by large-scale climatic …

Bioturbators as ecosystem engineers in space and time

MG Mángano, LA Buatois, NJ Minter… - Palaeontology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biogenic sedimentary structures offer a unique perspective for understanding the role of the
biosphere in the interaction with other Earth subsystems and the building up of our planet …

Multi-proxy paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction of the Foremost Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of Alberta

MGW Thompson, TM Cullen, DC Evans… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Foremost Formation of southern Alberta, Canada, is the basal member of the
Cretaceous (Campanian) Belly River Group and has been understudied relative to the …