Predation in the marine fossil record: studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior

AA Klompmaker, PH Kelley, D Chattopadhyay… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil record is the primary source of data used to study predator-prey interactions in
deep time and to evaluate key questions regarding the evolutionary and ecological …

Names for trace fossils 2.0: theory and practice in ichnotaxonomy

M Bertling, LA Buatois, D Knaust, B Laing… - Lethaia, 2022 - idunn.no
A uniform approach to ichnotaxonomy has been for the most part positively received by the
scientific community. We carry it further here, presenting a revised treatment of trace fossil …

Regurgitalites–a window into the trophic ecology of fossil cephalopods

R Hoffmann, K Stevens, H Keupp… - Journal of the …, 2020 - lyellcollection.org
Fossil oral ejecta that exclusively contain bivalved calcitic lower jaws of ammonites (=
aptychi) from Late Jurassic Solnhofen-type deposits of southern Germany are described …

[PDF][PDF] Hunting evidence for the Mesozoic Marine Revolution: progress and challenges

EM HarPer - Bollettino Della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 2022 - paleoitalia.it
The 1970's saw a stream of papers that crystallised the notion of a “Mesozoic Marine
Revolution” during which the pace and intensity of biotic interactions (predation, competition …

Fossilized leftover falls as sources of palaeoecological data: A 'pabulite'comprising a crustacean, a belemnite and a vertebrate from the Early Jurassic Posidonia …

C Klug, G Schweigert, R Hoffmann, R Weis… - Swiss Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Especially in Lagerstätten with exceptionally preserved fossils, we can sometimes recognize
fossilized remains of meals of animals. We suggest the term leftover fall for the event and the …

Contrasting preservation in pycnodont fishes reveals first record of regurgitalites from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Moroccan phosphate deposits

SLA Cooper, KJ Marson, RE Smith, D Martill - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Isolated jaw elements (vomers, prearticulars, premaxillae) of pycnodont fishes
(Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) occur frequently within the Moroccan Oulad Abdoun …

Significance of a small regurgitalite containing lissamphibian bones, from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), within a diverse plant locality deposit in …

JR Foster, AP Hunt, JI Kirkland - Palaios, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A new specimen from a plant locality in the Morrison Formation of southeastern Utah
exhibits characters suggestive of a small bromalite, possibly from a fish or semi-aquatic …

Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses

M Greif, I Calandra… - Royal Society …, 2025 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans reached body sizes similar to modern great white
sharks and therefore might have been apex predators of the Devonian seas. However, very …

[HTML][HTML] Coprolite diversity reveals a cryptic ecosystem in an early Tournaisian lake in East Greenland: Implications for ecosystem recovery after the end-Devonian …

HM Byrne, G Niedźwiedzki, H Blom, BP Kear… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The early Tournaisian (Carboniferous) stage represents a key episode in the
evolution of vertebrates. It follows the end-Devonian Hangenberg extinction event, which led …

Conodont-bearing bromalites from South China: Evidence for multiple predations on conodonts in the Early Triassic marine ecosystem

M Yao, Z Sun, C Ji, S Liu, M Zhou, D Jiang - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bromalites are important indicators of dietary habits and potential predator-prey
relationships, therefore, they largely enhance our comprehension of trophic interactions …