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Angius, F., Cremers, G., Frank, J., Witkowski, C., Pol, A., van Alen, T.A., Jetten, M.S., Op den Camp, H.J. and Berben, T., 2024. Gene-centered metagenome analysis of Vulcano Island soil (Aeolian archipelago, Italy) reveals diverse microbial key players in methane, hydrogen and sulfur cycles. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 117, 94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-024-01995-5
Arriaga‐Varela, E., Szawaryn, K., Zhou, Y.L., Bruthansová, J., Li, Y.D. and Tomaszewska, W. 2024. Early evolution of Anamorphidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea): the oldest known anamorphid beetles from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar and the first report of potential glandular pores in the family. Cladistics 40, 411-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12576
Ballell, A., Dutel, H., Fabbri, M., Martin-Silverstone, E., Kersley, A., Hammond, C.L., Herrel, A. and Rayfield, E.J. 2024. Ecological drivers of jaw morphological evolution in lepidosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20242052. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2052
Benton, M.J. 2024. Universal hyperthermal model for mass extinctions. Journal of Earth Science 35, 704–707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-1985-9
Benton, M.J., Gill, P.G. and Whiteside, D.I. 2024. Finding the world’s oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200, 796–824. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad089
Benton, M.J. and King, S. 2024. Museums and geoconservation. Geoconservation Research 7(2), b330. https://doi.org/10.57647/gcr-2024-si-b330
Blake, L., Fursman, M., Duffin, C.J., Batchelor, T., Hildebrandt, C. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Microvertebrates from the Lower Greensand Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK, and Nutfield, Surrey, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 493-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.07.002
Bowles, A.M., Williams, T.A., Donoghue, P.C.J., Campbell, D.A. and Williamson, C.J. 2024. Metagenome‐assembled genome of the glacier alga Ancylonema yields insights into the evolution of streptophyte life on ice and land. New Phytologist 244, 1629-1643. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19860
Brown, D., Corlett, H., Kibblewhite, T., Whitaker, F., Zonneveld, J.P. and Gingras, M. 2024. Neoichnology of a microtidal carbonate intertidal zone: Abu Dhabi, UAE. Palaios 39, 344-361. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2023.042
Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Ballantyne, L., Li, Y.D., Huang, D., Engel, M.S. and Kundrata, R. 2024. A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20241671. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1671
Cammies, C., Cunningham, J.A., and Pike, R.K. 2024. Not all bloom and gloom: assessing constructive alignment, higher order cognitive skills, and their influence on students’ perceived learning within the practical components of an undergraduate biology course. Journal of Biological Education 58, 588-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2022.2092191
Cao, Y., Chu, D., Dal Corso, J., Wu, K., Benton, M.J., Song, H., Song, H., Tian, L., Dai, X., Huang, Y. and Miao, X. 2024. Pelsonian negative carbon isotope excursion (PENCIE): A Tethys-wide abnormal carbon cycle event in the Middle Triassic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 654, 112473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112473
Carlisle, E., Yin, Z., Pisani, D. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2024. Ediacaran origin and Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa. Science Advances 10, eadp7161. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp7161
Caspar, K.R., Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, C., Bertrand, O.C., Carr, T., Colbourne, J.A., Erb, A., George, H., Holtz Jr, T.R., Naish, D., Wylie, D.R. and Hurlburt, G.R. 2024. How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research. The Anatomical Record 307, 3685-3716. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25459
Cawthorne, M., Whiteside, D.I. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Latest Triassic terrestrial microvertebrate assemblages from caves on the Mendip palaeoisland, SW England, at Emborough, Batscombe and Highcroft Quarries. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.12.003
Clarke, A.J., Kirkland, C.L., Menon, L.R., Condon, D.J., Cope, J.C., Bevins, R.E. and Glorie, S. 2024. U–Pb zircon–rutile dating of the Llangynog Inlier, Wales: constraints on an Ediacaran shallow-marine fossil assemblage from East Avalonia. Journal of the Geological Society, 181, pp.jgs2023-081. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-08
Cleal, C.J., Strullu-Derrien, C. and Spencer, A.R. 2024. Early coal swamp vegetation from the Serpukhovian lower Clackmannan Group of Scotland. Fossil Imprint 80, 35-67. pdf.
Clement, A.M., Cloutier, R., Lee, M.S., King, B., Vanhaesebroucke, O., Bradshaw, C.J., Dutel, H., Trinajstic, K. and Long, J.A. 2024. A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics. Nature Communications 15, 7529. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51238-4
Cope, J.C.W. and Ebbestad, J.O.R. 2024. Tergomyan molluscs from the Early Ordovician of the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales, UK. PalZ 98: 17-28.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00667-5
D’Onofrio, R., Barrett, R., Schmidt, D.N., Fornaciari, E., Giusberti, L., Frijia, G., Adatte, T., Sabatino, N., Monsuru, A., Brombin, V. and Luciani, V. 2024. Extreme planktic foraminiferal dwarfism across the ETM2 in the Tethys realm in response to warming. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 39, e2023PA004762. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023PA004762
Durbin, O.L., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Onset of the Rhaetian Transgression in deep waters at Lilstock, North Somerset: microvertebrate faunas. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.02.001
El Albani, A., Mazurier, A., Edgecombe, G.D., Azizi, A., El Bakhouch, A., Berks, H.O., Bouougri, E.H., Chraiki, I., Donoghue, P.C.J., Fontaine, C. and Gaines, R.R. 2024. Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of Cambrian trilobites. Science 384, 1429-1435.
Evans, O., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Microvertebrates from the basal Rhaetian Bone Bed (Late Triassic) at Lavernock, South Wales. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.05.001
Filippi, G., Barrett, R., Schmidt, D.N., D’Onofrio, R., Westerhold, T., Brombin, V. and Luciani, V. 2024. Impacts of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO,∼ 53‐49 Ma) on planktic foraminiferal resilience. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 39, e2023PA004820. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023PA004820
Flannery-Sutherland, J.T., Crossan, C.D., Myers, C.E., Hendy, A.J., Landman, N.H. and Witts, J.D. 2024. Late Cretaceous ammonoids show that drivers of diversification are regionally heterogeneous. Nature Communications 15, 5382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49462-z
Fleming, J.F., Pisani, D. and Arakawa, K. 2024. The evolution of temperature and desiccation-related protein families in Tardigrada reveals the complex acquisition of extremotolerance. Genome Biology and Evolution 16, evad217. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad217
Fonseca, P.H., Martinelli, A.G., Gill, P.G., Rayfield, E.J., Schultz, C.L., Kerber, L., Ribeiro, A.M., Francischini, H. and Soares, M.B. 2024. New evidence from high-resolution computed microtomography of Triassic stem-mammal skulls from South America enhances discussions on turbinates before the origin of Mammaliaformes. Scientific Reports 14, 13817. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64434-5
George, H., Bazzi, M., El Hossny, T., Ashraf, N., Abi Saad, P. and Clements, T. 2024. The famous fish beds of Lebanon: the Upper Cretaceous Lagerstätten of Haqel, Hjoula, Nammoura and Sahel Aalma. Journal of the Geological Society 181, jgs2023-210. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-210
Gorochov, A.V., Coram, R.A., Jarzembowski, E.A. and Webster, A.J., 2024. Systematic position of the genus Liassophyllum (Orthoptera: Hagloidea) with description of new taxa. Palaeoentomology 7, 472-478. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.6
Grohganz, M., Ferrón, H.G., Johanson, Z. and Donoghue, P.C. 2024. Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43, e2272974. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2272974
Grohganz, M., Johanson, Z., Keating, J.N. and Donoghue, P.C. 2024. Morphogenesis of pteraspid heterostracan oral plates and the evolutionary origin of teeth. Royal Society Open Science 11, 240836. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240836
Guo, Z., Benton, M.J., Stubbs, T.L. and Chen, Z.Q., 2024. Morphological innovation did not drive diversification in Mesozoic–Cenozoic brachiopods. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 1948-1958. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02491-9
Hayes, P.A. and Cleal, C.J. 2024. Cedric Haydn Shute (1937-2019): a biography. Fossil Imprint 80, iii–xiii. pdf.
Heude, E., Dutel, H., Sanchez-Garrido, F., Prummel, K.D., Lalonde, R., Lam, F., Mosimann, C., Herrel, A. and Tajbakhsh, S. 2024. Co-option of neck muscles supported the vertebrate water-to-land transition. Nature Communications 15, 10564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54724-x
Howkins, J., Schmidt, D.N., Thomas, J., Hayward, R., Lo, Y.E., Neal, J., Lewis, J., Carruthers, E., Coleborn, S., Murray, V. and Oliver, I., 2024. Mapping vulnerability to climate-related hazards to inform local authority action in adaptation: A feasibility study. Public Health in Practice 8, 100549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100549
Huang, J., Hu, S., Li, J., Zhou, C., Zhang, Q., Wen, W., Min, X., Jiang, H., Martínez-Pérez, C. and Zhang, K. 2024. Natural assemblages of the earliest Triassic conodont Hindeodus parvus from the Shangsi section, Sichuan province, Southwest China. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143, 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00337-2
Jones, B. and Janis, C.M. 2024. Hop, walk or bound? Limb proportions in kangaroos and the probable locomotion of the extinct genus Protemnodon. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31(2), 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-024-09725-4
Khakurel, B., Grigsby, C., Tran, T.D., Zariwala, J., Höhna, S. and Wright, A.M. 2024. The fundamental role of character coding in Bayesian morphological phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 73, 861-871. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae033
King, L., Zhao, Q., Dufeau, D.L., Kawabe, S., Witmer, L., Zhou, C.F., Rayfield, E.J., Benton, M.J. and Watanabe, A. 2024. Endocranial development in non-avian dinosaurs reveals an ontogenetic brain trajectory distinct from extant archosaurs. Nature Communications 15, 7415. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51627-9
Knecht, R.J., Benner, J.S., Swain, A., Azevedo-Schmidt, L., Cleal, C.J., Labandeira, C.C., Engel, M.S., Dunlop, J.A., Selden, P.A., Eble, C.F. and Renczkowski, M.D., 2024. Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan. Nature Communications 15, 7876. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52181-0
Kundrata, R., Packova, G., Li, Y.D., Hsiao, Y., Shaw, J.J., Ferreira, V.S., Bai, M. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. Further mysteries solved in Mysteriomorphidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar: Discovery of female specimens, and synonymy of Trapezioceps recently described as Cantharidae. Cretaceous Research 154, 105756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105756
Lee, S.B., Li, Y.D., Cai, C., Engel, M.S., Nam, G.S., Park, J.K., Nel, A., Shaw, J.J., Jouault, C., Legalov, A. and Kundrata, R. 2024. Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera): an overview of the Jinju Formation, its coleopteran diversity, and past and future research. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 27, 102236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102236
Li, Y.D., Engel, M.S., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y., 2024. Three new species of the extant genus Eucinetus from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Eucinetidae). Zootaxa 5492, 214-230. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.4
Li, Y.D., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. A new species of Bezesporum from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Sphaeriusidae). Zootaxa 5538, 293-296. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.7
Li, Y.D., Kolibáč, J., Liu, Z.H., Ślipiński, A., Yamamoto, S., Yu, Y.L., Zhang, W.T. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. Foveapeltis gen. nov., an unusual cleroid genus with large hypomeral cavities from mid‐Cretaceous amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Ecology and Evolution 14, e11589. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11589
Li, Y.D., Newton, A.F., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. A new fossil species of the extant genus Vicelva from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Ecology and Evolution 14, e11487. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11487
Li, Y.D., Pollock, D.A., Johnston, M.A., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. An enigmatic Cretaceous beetle in Kachin amber with tentative affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Ecology and Evolution 14, e70615. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70615
Liu, Q., Paul, C.R.C., Mao, Y.Y., Li, Y., Fang, X. and Huang, D.Y. 2024. Cheirocystis liexiensis, a new rhombiferan blastozoan (Echinodermata) from Lower Ordovician of South China Block. Palaeoworld 33, 1505-1514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2024.04.005
Lu, X., Stubbs, T.L., Zhuo, D., Xu, C., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Liu, X. 2024. New Cretaceous snakeflies highlight the morphological disparity of Mesoraphidiidae and its response to the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(4), 8. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae016
Macdonald, R.X., Sheard, C., Howell, N. and Caro, T. 2024. Primate coloration and colour vision: a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 141, 435-455. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad089
Meng, R., Han, Z., Gao, X., Zhao, Y., Han, C., Han, Y., Yang, R., Li, S., Liu, F., Tucker, M.E. and Chen, Y. 2024. Dissolved ammonia catalyzes proto-dolomite precipitation at Earth surface temperature. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 646, 119012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119012
Minwer-Barakat, R., Bolet, A., Anadón, P., Alegret, L., Badiola, A., Blanco, A., Cotton, L., Femenias-Gual, J., Furió, M., Godinot, M. and Moyà-Solà, S. 2024. The fossil assemblage from Pontils, a middle Eocene primate-bearing locality from Northeastern Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43: e2259970. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2259970
Molina-Solís, A., Cleal, C.J., Capel, E. and Cascales-Miñana, B. 2024. Vegetation dynamics in the Early–Middle Pennsylvanian coal swamps of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield, France. Palaeoworld 33, 328-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.04.005
Molina‐Solís, A., Cleal, C.J., Monnet, C. and Cascales‐Miñana, B., 2024. Macrofloral biostratigraphy reflects late Carboniferous vegetation dynamics in the Nord‐Pas‐de‐Calais Coalfield, France. Papers in Palaeontology 10, e1551. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1551
Mongiardino Koch, N. and Milla Carmona, P. 2024. Chronospaces: An R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15, 1822-1833. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14404
Moody, E.R.R., Álvarez-Carretero, S., Mahendrarajah, T.A., Clark, J.W., Betts, H.C., Dombrowski, N., Szánthó, L.L., Boyle, R.A., Daines, S., Chen, X., Lane, N., Yang, Z.H., Shields, G.A., Szöllösi, G.J., Spang, A., Pisani, D., Williams, T.A., Lenton, T.M., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2024. The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 1654-1666. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02461-1
Muccione, V., Haasnoot, M., Alexander, P., Bednar‐Friedl, B., Biesbroek, R., Georgopoulou, E., Le Cozannet, G. and Schmidt, D.N. 2024. Adaptation pathways for effective responses to climate change risks. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 15, e883. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.883
Mussini, G., Smith, M.P., Vinther, J., Rahman, I.A., Murdock, D.J., Harper, D.A. and Dunn, F.S. 2024. A new interpretation of Pikaia reveals the origins of the chordate body plan. Current Biology 34, 2980-2989.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.026
Newham, E., Corfe, I.J., Brewer, P., Bright, J.A., Fernandez, V., Gostling, N.J., Hoffmann, S., Jäger, K.R., Kague, E., Lovric, G., Marone, F., Panciroli, E., Schneider, P., Schultz, J.A., Suchonen, H., Witchell, A., Gill, P.G., and Martin, T. 2024. The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation. Science Advances 10, eado4555. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado4555
Pardo-Pérez, J., Zambrano, P., Malkowski, M., Lomax, D., Villa-Martínez, R., Stinnesbeck, W., Frey, E., Scapini, F., Gascó, C. and Maxwell, E.E. 2024. Validity of Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Chile and Argentina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202, zlae106. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae106
Paul, C.R.C., Zamora, S., Nohejlová, M. and Lefebvre, B. 2024. Rhombifera Barrande, 1867, and the origin of the Blastoidea (Echinodermata, Blastozoa). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 39, 139318. https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.28729
Qi, M.B., Clark, J.W., Moody, E.R., Pisani, D. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2024. Molecular dating of the teleost whole genome duplication (3R) is compatible with the expectations of delayed rediploidization. Genome Biology and Evolution 16, evae128. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae128
Quinn, J.G., Matheau-Raven, E.R., Whiteside, D.I., Marshall, J.E., Hutchinson, D.J. and Benton, M.J. 2024. The relationships and paleoecology of Pachystropheus rhaeticus, an enigmatic latest Triassic marine reptile (Diapsida: Thalattosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43, e2350408. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2350408
Radley, J.D. and Coram, R.A. 2024. Latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous sedimentary cyclicity and events (Wessex Basin, southern England): A case of pulsed mantle convection? Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.02.002
Radley, J.D. and Coram, R.A. 2024. A Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) lake shoreline in Buckinghamshire, UK: Evidence from stromatolite distribution in the Purbeck Formation. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 135, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.08.001
Rawson, J.R.G., Deakin, W.J., Stubbs, T.L., Smith, T.J., Rayfield, E.J. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2024. Widespread convergence towards functional optimization in the lower jaws of crocodile-line archosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20240720. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0720
Rawson, J.R.G., Martinelli, A.G., Gill, P.G., Soares, M.B., Schultz, C.L. and Rayfield, E.J. 2024. Brazilian fossils reveal homoplasy in the oldest mammalian jaw joint. Nature 634, 381–388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07971-3
Renaud, M., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Microvertebrates from the Rhaetian bone beds at Blue Anchor Bay, Somerset. Geological Magazine 161, e8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756824000268
Reolid, M., Ruebsam, W., Reolid, J. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Impact of early Toarcian climatic changes on marine reptiles: Extinction and recovery. Earth-Science Reviews 259, 104965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104965
Rowe, A.J. and Rayfield, E.J. 2024. Morphological evolution and functional consequences of giantism in tyrannosauroid dinosaurs. iScience 27, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110679
Saitta, E.T., Vinther, J., Crisp, M.K., Abbott, G.D., Wheeler, L., Presslee, S., Kaye, T.G., Bull, I., Fletcher, I., Chen, X. and Vidal, D. 2024. Non-avian dinosaur eggshell calcite can contain ancient, endogenous amino acids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 365, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.016
Sarkar, S., Sinanoglu, D. and Özgen-Erdem, N., 2024. Crustose red algae in deep time environments: Palaeoecological insights from northeastern India and Türkiye (Turkey). Palaeoworld 33, 1681-1696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2024.04.001
Sheard, C., Skinner, N. and Caro, T. 2024. The evolution of rodent tail morphology. The American Naturalist 203, 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1086/729751
Sheard, C., Stott, L., Street, S.E., Healy, S.D., Sugasawa, S. and Lala, K.N. 2024. Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 93, 691-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14078
Sheard, C., Street, S.E., Healy, S.D., Troisi, C.A., Clark, A.D., Yovcheva, A., Trebaol, A., Vanadzina, K. and Lala, K.N. 2024. Nest traits for the world’s birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13783
Sherlock, M.B., Streicher, J.W., Gower, D.J., Maddock, S.T., Nussbaum, R.A., Oommen, O.V., Silva, A.S., Day, J.J. and Wilkinson, M. 2024. Genomic SNPs resolve the phylogeny of an ancient amphibian island radiation from the Seychelles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 198, 108130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108130
Shipley, A.E., Elsler, A., Singh, S.A., Stubbs, T.L. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Locomotion and the early Mesozoic success of Archosauromorpha. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 231495. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231495
Singh, S.A., Elsler, A., Stubbs, T.L., Rayfield, E.J. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Predatory synapsid ecomorphology signals growing dynamism of late Palaeozoic terrestrial ecosystems. Communications Biology, 7, 201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05879-2
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