[HTML][HTML] Early Cenozoic evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient

JA Crame - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
We are beginning to appreciate that the huge radiations of both marine and terrestrial taxa in
the aftermath of the K/Pg mass extinction event were concentrated largely, but not …

Dual clumped isotopes from Mid-Eocene bivalve shell reveal a hot and summer wet climate of the Paris Basin

JF Kniest, AJ Davies, J Brugger, J Fiebig… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Accurate reconstruction of seasonal atmospheric patterns of the past is essential for reliable
prediction of how climate will evolve due to anthropogenic CO2 forcing. The Eocene 'hot …

Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications

V Mouchi, CFT Andrus, AG Checa… - Limnology and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Oysters inhabit a variety of coastal and deep‐sea settings over a wide latitudinal range and
have a role as ecosystem engineers. They also represent an important food source for …

On the fossil record of the Gekkota

JD Daza, AM Bauer, ED Snively - The Anatomical Record, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Gekkota is often interpreted as sister to all remaining squamates, exclusive of dibamids, or
as sister to Autarchoglossa. It is the only diverse lineage of primarily nocturnal lizards and …

Palaeogene climate evolution in the Paris Basin from oxygen stable isotope (δ18O) compositions of marine molluscs

D Huyghe, F Lartaud, L Emmanuel… - Journal of the …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
The constraint of temperature evolution in coastal environments is an important factor in
deciphering the Earth's global climatic history. In this study, we reconstruct the evolution of …

Oxygen isotope disequilibrium in the juvenile portion of oyster shells biases seawater temperature reconstructions

D Huyghe, L Emmanuel, M de Rafélis, M Renard… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For decades, bivalve shells have constituted one of the most common supports for
paleoclimatic archives based on stable isotope approaches. In this work, we conducted …

The Giant Marine Gastropod Campanile Giganteum (Lamarck, 1804) as a High‐Resolution Archive of Seasonality in the Eocene Greenhouse World

NJ De Winter, J Vellekoop, AJ Clark… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Giant gastropods are among the largest mollusks in the fossil record, but their potential as
paleoseasonality archives has received little attention. Here, we combine stable isotope and …

Oxygen isotopes of marine mollusc shells record Eocene elevation change in the Pyrenees

D Huyghe, F Mouthereau, L Emmanuel - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Constraining paleoaltimetry of collisional orogens is critical to understand the dynamics of
topographic evolution and climate/tectonics retroactions. Here, we use oxygen stable …

Slow-growing reef corals as climate archives: A case study of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum 40 Ma ago

TC Brachert, T Felis, C Gagnaison, M Hoehle… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The skeletons of stony corals on tropical shallow-water reefs are high-resolution climate
archives. However, their systematic use for unlocking climate dynamics of the geologic past …

Seagrass development in terrigenous‐influenced inner ramp settings during the middle Eocene (Urbasa–Andia Plateau, Western Pyrenees, North Spain)

JI Baceta, G Mateu‐Vicens - Sedimentology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since their first occurrence in the late Cretaceous, seagrasses have played a major role in
carbonate production and sedimentation across shallow‐water and nearshore …