Body-size reduction is considered an important response to current climate warming and
has been observed during past biotic crises, including the Pliensbachian–Toarcian crisis, a …

Although belemnites form a major clade of extinct cephalopods, the early stage of their
diversification remains poorly known in time and space. Here we investigate the first …

Especially in Lagerstätten with exceptionally preserved fossils, we can sometimes recognize
fossilized remains of meals of animals. We suggest the term leftover fall for the event and the …

Abstract The Toarcian species Simpsonibelus dorsalis (Phillips), first established outside
Western Europe, is discussed. A single rostrum of this belemnite species was found in the …

Body size changes have been reported across crisis intervals. Belemnites–now considered
extinct stem-decabrachians–have rarely been investigated for this purpose, and the few …

In this study, Lower Bajocian belemnites from Southcentral Alaska are formally investigated
and described for the first time. Representatives of the families Megateuthididae …

Understanding of the evolutionary history of the ophiuroids, or brittle stars, is hampered by a
patchy knowledge of the fossil record. Especially, the stem members of the living clades are …

High‐resolution analysis of the late Pliensbachian–early Toarcian belemnite assemblages
from the Peniche section (Lusitanian Basin) has enabled, for the first time, recognition of …

Abstract The second-order Pliensbachian–Toarcian crisis affected major groups of marine
organisms. While its impact has been intensively studied for ammonites, the response of …

The Minette ironstone formation (ranging from late Toarcian to late Aalenian, ca. 176-170
Ma) crops out along a discontinuous belt in the southern part of the Grand-duchy of …