Chitinozoan nomenclature and databases by Sonia Camina, Olle Hints, Anthony Butcher

“…For occurrence-based paleontological records, the Paleobiology Database and the Geobiodiversity Database are extremely useful. …”
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New fossils of Australopithecus sediba reveal a nearly complete lower back by Scott A Williams, Thomas Cody Prang, Marc R Meyer, Thierra K Nalley, Renier Van Der Merwe, Christopher Yelverton, Daniel García-Martínez, Gabrielle A Russo, Kelly R Ostrofsky, Jeffrey Spear, Jennifer Eyre, Mark Grabowski, Shahed Nalla, Markus Bastir, Peter Schmid, Steven E Churchill, Lee R Berger

“…We interpret this combination of features to indicate that A. sediba used its lower back in both bipedal and arboreal positional behaviors, as previously suggested based on multiple lines of evidence from other parts of the skeleton and reconstructed paleobiology of A. sediba.…”
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Differences in carbonate chemistry up-regulation of long-lived reef-building corals by Marine Canesi, Eric Douville, Paolo Montagna, Marco Taviani, Jarosław Stolarski, Louise Bordier, Arnaud Dapoigny, Gninwoyo Eric Hermann Coulibaly, Anne-Catherine Simon, Mathieu Agelou, Jonathan Fin, Nicolas Metzl, Guillaume Iwankow, Denis Allemand, Serge Planes, Clémentine Moulin, Fabien Lombard, Guillaume Bourdin, Romain Troublé, Sylvain Agostini, Bernard Banaigs, Emilie Boissin, Emmanuel Boss, Chris Bowler, Colomban de Vargas, Michel Flores, Didier Forcioli, Paola Furla, Eric Gilson, Pierre E. Galand, Stéphane Pesant, Shinichi Sunagawa, Olivier P. Thomas, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Christian R. Voolstra, Patrick Wincker, Didier Zoccola, Stéphanie Reynaud

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The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM (version 1.0) by D. J. Lunt, M. Huber, E. Anagnostou, M. L. J. Baatsen, R. Caballero, R. DeConto, H. A. Dijkstra, Y. Donnadieu, D. Evans, R. Feng, G. L. Foster, E. Gasson, A. S. von der Heydt, C. J. Hollis, G. N. Inglis, S. M. Jones, J. Kiehl, S. Kirtland Turner, R. L. Korty, R. Kozdon, S. Krishnan, J.-B. Ladant, P. Langebroek, C. H. Lear, A. N. LeGrande, K. Littler, P. Markwick, B. Otto-Bliesner, P. Pearson, C. J. Poulsen, U. Salzmann, C. Shields, K. Snell, M. Stärz, J. Super, C. Tabor, J. E. Tierney, G. J. L. Tourte, A. Tripati, G. R. Upchurch, B. S. Wade, S. L. Wing, A. M. E. Winguth, N. M. Wright, J. C. Zachos, R. E. Zeebe

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New records of marsupials from the Miocene of Western Amazonia, Acre, Brazil by Narla S. Stutz, Patricia Hadler, Francisco R. Negri, Laurent Marivaux, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, François Pujos, Tiago R. Jacó, Emmanuelle M. Fontoura, Leonardo Kerber, Annie S. Hsiou, Roberto Ventura Santos, André M.V. Alvim, Ana Maria Ribeiro

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The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift by René Bobe, Vera Aldeias, Zeresenay Alemseged, Robert L. Anemone, Will Archer, Georges Aumaître, Marion K. Bamford, Dora Biro, Didier L. Bourlès, Melissa Doyle Boyd, David R. Braun, Cristian Capelli, João d’Oliveira Coelho, Jörg M. Habermann, Jason J. Head, Karim Keddadouche, Kornelius Kupczik, Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard, Tina Lüdecke, Amélia Macôa, Felipe I. Martínez, Jacinto Mathe, Clara Mendes, Luis Meira Paulo, Maria Pinto, Darya Presnyakova, Thomas A. Püschel, Frederico Tátá Regala, Mark Sier, Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva, Marc Stalmans, Susana Carvalho

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Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen stable isotopes in modern tooth enamel: A case study from Gorongosa National Park, central Mozambique by Tina Lüdecke, Tina Lüdecke, Tina Lüdecke, Tina Lüdecke, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Vera Aldeias, Marion K. Bamford, Dora Biro, Dora Biro, David R. Braun, David R. Braun, David R. Braun, Cristian Capelli, Cristian Capelli, Jonathan D. Cybulski, Jonathan D. Cybulski, Jonathan D. Cybulski, Nicolas N. Duprey, Maria J. Ferreira da Silva, Maria J. Ferreira da Silva, Maria J. Ferreira da Silva, Alan D. Foreman, Jörg M. Habermann, Gerald H. Haug, Gerald H. Haug, Felipe I. Martínez, Jacinto Mathe, Jacinto Mathe, Andreas Mulch, Andreas Mulch, Daniel M. Sigman, Hubert Vonhof, René Bobe, René Bobe, René Bobe, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho, Alfredo Martínez-García

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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa by Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Darryl J de Ruiter, Steven E Churchill, Peter Schmid, Lucas K Delezene, Tracy L Kivell, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva, Matthew M Skinner, Charles M Musiba, Noel Cameron, Trenton W Holliday, William Harcourt-Smith, Rebecca R Ackermann, Markus Bastir, Barry Bogin, Debra Bolter, Juliet Brophy, Zachary D Cofran, Kimberly A Congdon, Andrew S Deane, Mana Dembo, Michelle Drapeau, Marina C Elliott, Elen M Feuerriegel, Daniel Garcia-Martinez, David J Green, Alia Gurtov, Joel D Irish, Ashley Kruger, Myra F Laird, Damiano Marchi, Marc R Meyer, Shahed Nalla, Enquye W Negash, Caley M Orr, Davorka Radovcic, Lauren Schroeder, Jill E Scott, Zachary Throckmorton, Matthew W Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S Walker, Pianpian Wei, Bernhard Zipfel

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Rechtsgeschichte – Geschichte der Evolution eines sozialen Systems by Marie Theres Fögen

“…J., "Punctuated Equilibria: An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism" in T.J.M.Schopf (ed.), Models in Paleobiology, San Francisco 1972, 82-115. Fögen, M.Th., Römische Rechtsgeschichten. …”
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The recent history of an insular bat population reveals an environmental disequilibrium and conservation concerns by Corentin Bochaton, Rémi Picard, David Cochard, Valentin Conche, Kevin Lidour, Arnaud Lenoble

“…Our research outcomes advocate for a better consideration of retrospective paleobiological data to address conservation questions related to bat populations.…”
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Taphonomic study of the cave bears (Ursus cf. deningeri and U. spelaeus) from the Sima I of the El Polvorín cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula) by Manuel Rodríguez-Almagro, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Mónica Villalba de Alvarado, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Nohemi Sala

“…For that end a combination of quantitative paleobiological (age-at-death and sex) and taphonomic (bone fracture patterns and surface modifications) data is used. …”
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Cladocera remains from sediments of Kilometrovoe and Kotovo lakes, Kharbey system (Bolshezemelskaya tundra) by Larisa Frolova, Aisylu Ibragimova

“…<p><em></em>The results of the paleobiological analyses of the Cladocera community of the Kilometrovoe and Kotovo lakes from Kharbey lakes' system (Bolshezemel'skaya tundra) are presented in our work. …”
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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN TAIGA IN LATE CENOZOIC by V.N. Kalyakin, S.A. Turubanova, O.V. Smirnova

“…Innovative ideas and new data allowed to analyze the genesis of the ecosystem cover by creating a series of model reconstructions of different historical periods with different intensity and forms of human activity. Paleobiological reconstruction of teriofauna and denroflora since the late Pliocene to the present allows assuming that the initial vegetation type for boreal forests was Pliocene coniferous-broad-leaved savanna-looking forests of Northern Eurasia, where large herbivores (giant species of the mammoth complex) affected biota the most. …”
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Fluoridation of a lizard bone embedded in Dominican amber suggests open-system behavior. by H Jonas Barthel, Denis Fougerouse, Thorsten Geisler, Jes Rust

“…Vertebrate fossils embedded in amber represent a particularly valuable paleobiological record as amber is supposed to be a barrier to the environment, precluding significant alteration of the animals' body over geological time. …”
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Enforced symmetry: the necessity of symmetric waxing and waning by Niklas Hohmann, Emilia Jarochowska

“…In particular, symmetric waxing and waning, which is commonly observed and interpreted to be linked to a number of different paleobiological processes, does not allow drawing any conclusions about the nature of the underlying process.…”
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Ecological interactions in Cloudina from the Ediacaran of Brazil: implications for the rise of animal biomineralization by Bruno Becker-Kerber, Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco, Isaac Daniel Rudnitzki, Douglas Galante, Fabio Rodrigues, Juliana de Moraes Leme

“…Here, we report new paleoecological and paleobiological data on Cloudina, which was one of the most abundant shelled animals at the end of the Ediacaran. …”
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Artifacts resembling Ediacaran or Cambrian fossils: how to identify them and avoid their generation by T. F. Toniolo, J. M. Leme, D. A. Carmo, T. R. Fairchild, L. Morais, R. I. F. Trindade

“…<p>The generation of artifacts during sample preparation must be considered in paleobiological studies, particularly during the Ediacaran and Cambrian, since such artifacts can assume forms similar to those of cloudinids and other problematic taxa commonly described in samples from these systems. …”
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Applications of three-dimensional box modeling to paleontological functional analysis by Rahman, I, Lautenschlager, S

“…Functional analysis through computer modeling can inform on how extinct organisms moved and fed, allowing us to test long-standing paleobiological hypotheses. Many such studies are based on digital models derived from computed tomography or surface scanning, but these methods are not appropriate for all fossils. …”

Dinosaur macroevolution and macroecology by Benson, R

“…This presents major challenges at the frontier of paleobiological research regarding tests of macroecological hypotheses and the effects of dinosaur biology, ecology, and life history on their macroevolution. …”

An emerging paradigm for the origin and evolution of shelled amoebae, integrating advances from molecular phylogenetics, morphology and paleontology by Daniel JG Lahr

“…This four-part essay summarises advances made in the past 20 years regarding: (i) the phylogenetic relationships among amoebae with shells evolving in concert with the advances made in the phylogeny of eukaryotes; (ii) paleobiological studies unraveling the biological affinities of Neoproterozoic vase-shaped microfossils (VSMs); (iii) the interwoven interpretation of these different sets of data concluding that the Neoproterozoic contains a surprising diversity of organisms, in turn demanding a reinterpretation of the most profound events we know in the history of eukaryotes, and; (iv) a synthesis of the current knowledge about the evolution of Arcellinida, together with the possibilities and pitfalls of their interpretation.…”
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