Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan

RJ Knecht, JS Benner, A Swain… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Much of what we know about terrestrial life during the Carboniferous Period comes from
Middle Pennsylvanian (~ 315–307 Mya) Coal Measures deposited in low-lying wetland …

A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication

SS Kulkarni, BC Klementz, PP Sharma - Journal of Heredity, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Within the arachnids, chromosome-level genome assemblies have greatly accelerated the
understanding of gene family evolution and developmental genomics in key groups, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Description of a new fossil Thelyphonida (Arachnida, Uropygi) and further record of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden, in Selden and Shear, 1996 (Arachnida …

W Santana, AP Pinheiro, TA Silva, D Lima - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background A new fossil species of whipscorpion, Mesoproctus rayoli n. sp., is described.
The specimen originates from the Crato Formation, dating to the Lower Cretaceous …

Full-body impressions: a category of trace fossils unique to exceptionally preserved bedding planes and indicators of true substrates

JS Benner, RJ Knecht - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Certain biogenic sedimentary structures can be considered to be reliable indicators of true
substrates. Full-body impressions, or FBIs, are trace fossils that are shallow, highly detailed …