Abstract Knowledge concerning the diversity of parasitism and its reach across our current
understanding of the tree of life has benefitted considerably from novel molecular …

The fossil record of parasites is limited thus far. A survey of the fossil record shows that some
modes of preservation show a higher potential for the preservation of parasitic remains or …

Novel fossil discoveries have contributed to our understanding of the evolutionary
appearance of parasitism in flatworms. Furthermore, genetic analyses with greater coverage …

Growing evidence suggests that biodiversity mediates parasite prevalence. We have
compiled the first global database on occurrences and prevalence of marine parasitism …

Parasites are ubiquitous in modern ecosystems, occupy one of the most successful life
modes, promote ecosystem stability, and, despite their typically diminutive size and lack of a …

Raised shell projections on the inner shell walls that form pits on the internal moulds of
Devonian ammonoids have been known for several decades. New specimens from Morocco …

The fossil record of parasitic helminths is often stated to be severely limited. Many studies
have therefore used host constraints to constrain molecular divergence time estimates of …

Abstract Middle Devonian (Givetian) rugose corals from the Holy Cross Mountains
(Miłoszów), Poland, have been analysed with respect to epibiont colonization patterns …

The ammonoids from the well-studied German Fossillagerstätte of the Hunsrück Slate have
the reputation of being the oldest known representatives of this cephalopod group. This …

Parasites are ubiquitous in extant ecosystems and vertebrate animals often harbour rich
parasite communities. However, the geological record of parasites is extremely sparse as …