Virtual Paleobiology – Advances in X-Ray Computed Microtomography and 3D Visualization of Fossils

Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, Shinya Iwasaki, Elizabeth Clark, Pauline Guenser

Frontiers Media SA

Emerging technologies are opening new avenues for the study of past and present ecosystems....

Science Earth Science Paleontology

Keywords: X-ray computed tomography,­fossils,­evolution,­New technologies,­3D visualization

Insights on the Rise of Animal Life from Cambrian and Ordovician Lagerstätten

Bertrand Lefebvre, Allison Daley, Farid Saleh, Khadija El Hariri

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Paleontology

Keywords: Exceptional fossil preservation,­Ecology,­evolution,­Sedimentology,­Taphonomy,­Palaeozoic,­Lagerstätten

Biotic changes in terrestrial environments around the Eocene–Oligocene transition

Lucja A. Fostowicz-Frelik, Qian Li, Grégoire Métais

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Paleontology

Keywords: Paleogene,­Eocene,­Oligocene,­Biostratigraphy,­eocene-oligocene boundary (EOB),­grand coupure,­Paleoecosystems,­Fauna assemblages,­Mammalian fauna,­key taxa

How Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) During the Triassic Shaped Modern-Day Ecosystems

Jacopo Dal Corso, Sara Callegaro, Haijun Song

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Geochemistry

Keywords: Triassic,­evolution,­extinction,­Large igneous province,­Paleontology,­paleoclimate,­Paleoecology,­Paleoenvironment,­paleogeography

A fossil view of insect evolution: Integrating paleontological evidence to explore the origins of insect biodiversity

Chenyang Cai, Taiping Gao, Phil Barden, Dagmara Zyla

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Paleontology

Keywords: insect evolution,­Insect phylogeny,­timescale of evolution,­paleobiology,­Hexapoda,­Biodiversity

Human behavior, cognition, and environmental interactions for the lower paleolithic

Marie-Hélène Moncel, John De Vos, Marta Arzarello

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Paleontology

Keywords: hominin activity,­climate,­environmental change,­landscape interaction,­raw material use,­Lower Paleolithic

Living on the edge - interdisciplinary perspectives on coastal and marine ecosystems in human prehistory

Manuel Will, Andrew Green, Jon McVey Erlandson, Ximena S. Villagran, Antonieta Jerardino

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Marine Geoscience

Keywords: Coastal landscape,­human evolution,­Climate Change,­Subsistence strategy,­Human-land relationship,­Prehistory,­marine geology,­Marine ecosystem

Volcanism in the central volcanic zone of the andes

Felipe Aguilera, Gary Michelfelder, Pablo Grosse, Silvina Guzman, Marco Taussi

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Geochemistry

Keywords: volcanic monitoring,­Hazard/Risk Management,­Backarc volcanism,­Altipano Puna Volcanic Complex,­Active volcanism

Crustose Coralline Red Algae Frameworks and Rhodoliths: Past and Present

Ana Cristina Rebelo, Sebastian Teichert, Valentina Alice Bracchi, Michael Rasser, Daniela Basso

Frontiers Media SA

Science Earth Science Paleontology

Keywords: Calcareous algae,­Algal lithofacies,­Bioconstructions,­Palaeobiogeography,­palaeoenvironments,­Maerl,­coralline framework,­ecosystem engineers