Papers nuevos sobre Fósiles y tiempo profundo
3 papers nuevos sobre fósiles y tiempo profundo en los últimos 7 días, dentro de Ecología y evolución. Acá están los 3 que Pipette considera más valiosos, con el resultado principal en palabras de sus autores.
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Staking out the frontiers: The limits of the metazoan shallow marine fossil record
Modeling historical sampling trajectories, we show that for most time intervals, future data accumulation is expected to be negligible, and geographic coverage is approaching saturation.
Revista con revisión por paresEarly catarrhine evolution in the light of semicircular canal and vestibule shape
These findings support that pliopithecoids are stem catarrhines more derived than Saadanius and imply that its tubular ectotympanic must have evolved independently from crown catarrhines, thus representing a remarkable instance of homoplasy.
Revista con revisión por paresUnique pattern of injuries in Olenoides serratus from the Burgess Shale elucidate moulting process in trilobites
Here we examine injuries in eleven specimens of Olenoides serratus from the Burgess Shale (Cambrian, Wuluian) and demonstrate an increased frequency of genal spine malformations compared to other trilobites.
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