In contrast to the benthos whose taxonomic recovery was lagging way behind that of the
nekton, highly diverse Smithian conodont and ammonoid faunas were profoundly decimated …

Abstract The Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) global marine mass extinction is associated
with one of the most important environmental perturbations of the Mesozoic, the Toarcian …

ABSTRACT The Late Oligocene is a period of high penguin diversity, following major
changes in the marine environment at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and prior to the …

Lamniform sharks are apex marine predators undergoing dramatic local and regional
decline worldwide, with consequences for marine ecosystems that are difficult to predict …

Abstract The Agost section (Betic Cordillera, Alicante Province, south-eastern Spain) is one
of only a few places in the world where complete sedimentary successions across the …

Examination of fossil plant–insect associations in the continental realm and trace fossils in
the marine realm provide considerable data for understanding organismic response to major …

Degree of bioturbation, Thalassinoides isp. morphology, and diameters were compared
across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary interval at three localities along the …

Recent research has demonstrated that the Lilliput effect (reduction of body size in biota
associated with the aftermath of mass extinctions) affected all trophic levels in the marine …

Abstract Evaluation of the trace-fossil record of several major evolutionary events allows
detecting recurrent patterns that may help to enhance our understanding of the underlying …

Abstract The Gramame and Maria Farinha formations were deposited in the Paraíba Basin
during the Maastrichtian-Danian interval, recording the paleoenvironmental evolution during …