Essays about: "fossil calibrations"

Found 2 essays containing the words fossil calibrations.

1. 1. Estimating the Early Evolution of Brachiopods Using an Integrated Approach Combining Genomics and Fossils

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Paleobiologi

   Author : Chloé Robert; [2019]
   Keywords : Brachiopoda; evolutionary history; phylogeny; Maximum likelihood; Bayesian inference; fossil calibrations; Brachiopoda; evolutionhistoria; fylogeni; Maximum likelihood-metoden; Bayesiansk statistik; fossilkalibering;

   Abstract : The Brachiopoda, a major group of the Lophotrochozoa, experienced a rapid early evolutionary diversification during the well-known Cambrian explosion and subsequently dominated the Palaeozoic benthos with its diversity and abundance. Even though the phylogeny of the Lophotrochozoa is still hotly debated, it is now known that the Brachiopoda are a monophyletic grouping. READ MORE

3. 2. The Jurassic extinction events and its relation to CO2 levels in the atmosphere : a case study on Early Jurassic fossil leaves

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Liina Santasalo; [2013]
   Keywords : conifers; Pliensbachian; Australian; Early Jurassic; stomatal proxy; palaeo-CO2; koldioxidhalt; klimat; Australien; tidig Jura; Marburg subgroup; Allocladus helgei; stomata index; CO2; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Mesozoic was a so-called “hothouse” time period in Earth’s history, with high concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and elevated temperatures, but the exact climate evolution is not fully known for the entire inter-val. The Early Jurassic for instance is believed to have been a warm period, flanked by two episodes of extremely high CO2, coinciding with environmental degradation and mass extinctions: the Triassic-Jurassic (200 Ma) and the early Toarcian (183 Ma) mass extinction events. READ MORE