Phenotypic Evolution in Fossil Species: Pattern and Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 421-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene Hunt ◽  
Daniel L. Rabosky
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Evolution ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Pattern And Process ◽  
Species Pattern

Species–Area Relationships in Alien Species: Pattern and Process

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-154
Author(s):  
Tim M. Blackburn ◽  
PHILLIP Cassey ◽  
Petr Pyšek
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Pattern And Process ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Pattern

A fossil Aspergillus from Eocene Dominican amber

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard M. Thomas ◽  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Eocene Amber

A sporulating Aspergillus is described from a piece of Eocene amber originating from the Dominican Republic. The Aspergillus most closely resembles a form of the white spored phase of Aspergillus janus Raper and Thom. This is the first report of a fossil species of Aspergillus.

scholarly journals A new species of Ampulicomorpha Ashmead from Eocene French amber, with a list of fossil and extant Embolemidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of the world

2020 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Cédric Chény ◽  
Elvis Guillam ◽  
André Nel ◽  
Vincent Perrichot
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Poor Group ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eocene Amber

Embolemidae is a cosmopolitan but species-poor group of chrysidoid wasps with a scarce fossil record, despite a long evolutionary history since at least the Early Cretaceous. Here, the new species, Ampulicomorpha quesnoyensis sp. nov., is illustrated and described based on a single female found in Early Eocene amber of Oise (France). The new species is compared with the three other known fossil species of the genus, and a key to all fossil species of Ampulicomorpha is provided. This is the third European fossil species of Ampulicomorpha, which suggests that the genus was once well established in Western Europe while it is more widely distributed in the Eastern Palaearctic region today. A list of all fossil and extant Embolemidae of the world, as well as a map of their geographical distribution map, are provided.

scholarly journals Serial disparity in the carnivoran backbone unveils a complex adaptive role in metameric evolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Borja Figueirido ◽  
Alberto Martín-Serra ◽  
Alejandro Pérez-Ramos ◽  
David Velasco ◽  
Francisco J. Pastor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Constraint ◽  
Phenotypic Evolution ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Thoracolumbar Region ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Dimensional Shape ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Adaptive Role ◽  
Shape Changes

AbstractOrganisms comprise multiple interacting parts, but few quantitative studies have analysed multi-element systems, limiting understanding of phenotypic evolution. We investigate how disparity of vertebral morphology varies along the axial column of mammalian carnivores — a chain of 27 subunits — and the extent to which morphological variation have been structured by evolutionary constraints and locomotory adaptation. We find that lumbars and posterior thoracics exhibit high individual disparity but low serial differentiation. They are pervasively recruited into locomotory functions and exhibit relaxed evolutionary constraint. More anterior vertebrae also show signals of locomotory adaptation, but nevertheless have low individual disparity and constrained patterns of evolution, characterised by low-dimensional shape changes. Our findings demonstrate the importance of the thoracolumbar region as an innovation enabling evolutionary versatility of mammalian locomotion. Moreover, they underscore the complexity of phenotypic macroevolution of multi-element systems and that the strength of ecomorphological signal does not have a predictable influence on macroevolutionary outcomes.

scholarly journals Sensory‐based quantification of male colour patterns in Trinidadian guppies reveals no support for parallel phenotypic evolution in multivariate trait space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lengxob Yong ◽  
Darren P. Croft ◽  
Jolyon Troscianko ◽  
Indar Ramnarine ◽  
Alastair Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Evolution ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
Trait Space

The wing venation of a new fossil species, reconstructed using geometric morphometrics, adds to the rare fossil record of Triassic Gondwanian Odonata

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 101056
Author(s):  
Isabelle Deregnaucourt ◽  
Jérémie Bardin ◽  
John M. Anderson ◽  
Olivier Béthoux
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Morphometrics ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Fossil Species

Locomotory mode transitions alter phenotypic evolution and lineage diversification in an ecologically rich clade of mammals

Evolution ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Nations ◽  
Genevieve G. Mount ◽  
Sara M. Morere ◽  
Anang S. Achmadi ◽  
Kevin C. Rowe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Evolution ◽  
Mode Transitions ◽  
Locomotory Mode ◽  
Lineage Diversification
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