▪ Abstract The latitudinal gradient of decreasing richness from tropical to extratropical areas
is ecology's longest recognized pattern. Nonetheless, notable exceptions to the general …

The early Paleozoic sediments document two major biological events: the Great Ordovician
Biodiversification Event (GOBE) and Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME). Many …

Historical biogeography has a diversity of methods for inferring ancestral geographic ranges
on phylogenies, but many of the methods have conflicting assumptions, and there is no …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Faunal turnover in Indo-Australia across Wallace's Line is one of the most recognizable
patterns in biogeography and has catalyzed debate about the role of evolutionary and …

The fossil record is the primary source of information on how biodiversity has varied in deep
time, providing unique insight on the long-term dynamics of diversification and their drivers …

The cause, or causes, of the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions have been difficult to
establish, in part because poor spatiotemporal resolution in the fossil record hinders …

The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the
fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to …

Vertebrates have evolved to gigantic sizes repeatedly over the past 250 Myr, reaching their
extreme in today's baleen whales (Mysticeti). Hypotheses for the evolution of exceptionally …

Debate continues to rage between enthusiasts for climate change versus humans as a
cause of the catastrophic faunal extinctions that have occurred in the wake of human arrival …