PAST - PAlaeontological STatistics

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Modelling the past: new generation approaches to understanding biological patterns in the fossil record.

The history of life on this planet is gleaned from analysing how fossils are distributed through time and space. While these patterns are now rather securely known, at least for well-studied parts of the world, their interpretation remains far from simple. Fossils preserve only partial data from which to reconstruct their biology and the geological record is incomplete and biased, so that taxon...

Using the palaeontological record of Microtus to test species distribution models and reveal responses to climate change

Aim We used newly identified fossil specimens to reconstruct the Quaternary distributions of five Microtus species (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from the Pacific coast of the United States. We used these distributions to test the hypothesis that when projected onto past, alternative climate surfaces, species distribution models (SDMs) created using only climate variables are concordant with the empir...

The Palaeontological Association 49 th Annual Meeting 18 th – 21 st December 2005 University of Oxford ABSTRACTS

Newsletter 60 2 Newsletter 60 3 The Palaeontological Association 49th Annual Meeting 18th–21st December 2005 University Museum of Natural History and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford The programme and abstracts for the 49th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association are outlined after the following summary of the meeting. Confirmation of registration Confirmation of re...

Neville Hudson: Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia

The long history of both zoological and palaeontological research on the bivalves has revealed a startling degree of convergence and parallel evolution which has hampered the interpretation of their evolutionary history. However new discoveries and developments make it timely for a new concerted effort to integrate zoological and palaeontological techniques to improve comprehension of the evolu...