Frontiers in Earth Science

Original Research

Published on 26 Mar 2021

Bennettitalean Leaves From the Permian of Equatorial Pangea—The Early Radiation of an Iconic Mesozoic Gymnosperm Group

in Paleontology

Patrick Blomenkemper
Robert Bäumer
Malte Backer
Abdalla Abu Hamad
Jun Wang
Hans Kerp
Benjamin Bomfleur

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.652699

4,976 views
13 citations

Original Research

Published on 23 Mar 2021

Intraskeletal Osteohistovariability Reveals Complex Growth Strategies in a Late Cretaceous Enantiornithine

in Paleontology

Jessie Atterholt
Ashley W. Poust
Gregory M. Erickson
Jingmai K. O’Connor

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.640220

4,432 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2021

Intensive Wildfire Associated With Volcanism Promoted the Vegetation Changeover in Southwest China During the Permian−Triassic Transition

in Paleontology

Yao-feng Cai
Hua Zhang
Zhuo Feng
Shu-zhong Shen

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.615841

4,233 views
27 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Mar 2021

Proliferation of Isoëtalean Lycophytes During the Permo-Triassic Biotic Crises: A Proxy for the State of the Terrestrial Biosphere

in Paleontology

Cindy V. Looy
Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert
Ivo A. P. Duijnstee

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.615370

4,846 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Feb 2021

Investigating Possible Gastroliths in a Referred Specimen of Bohaiornis guoi (Aves: Enantiornithes)

in Paleontology

Shumin Liu
Zhiheng Li
Alida M. Bailleul
Min Wang
Jingmai O’Connor

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.635727

15,598 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Feb 2021

The Late Capitanian Mass Extinction of Terrestrial Vertebrates in the Karoo Basin of South Africa

in Paleontology

Michael O. Day
Bruce S. Rubidge

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.631198

10,331 views
13 citations

Review

Published on 27 Jan 2021

A Hiatus Obscures the Early Evolution of Modern Lineages of Bony Fishes

in Paleontology

Carlo Romano

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.618853

9,465 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2021

Development of Deep-Sea Anoxia in Panthalassa During the Lopingian (Late Permian): Insights From Redox-Sensitive Elements and Multivariate Analysis

in Paleontology

Tetsuji Onoue
Katsuhito Soda
Yukio Isozaki

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.613126

7,573 views
15 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Jan 2021

Age and Paleoenvironmental Significance of the Frazer Beach Member—A New Lithostratigraphic Unit Overlying the End-Permian Extinction Horizon in the Sydney Basin, Australia

in Paleontology

Stephen McLoughlin
Robert S. Nicoll
James L. Crowley
Vivi Vajda
Chris Mays
Christopher R. Fielding
Tracy D. Frank
Alexander Wheeler
Malcolm Bocking

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.600976

30,430 views
25 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Dec 2020

The Disaster Taxon Lystrosaurus: A Paleontological Myth

in Paleontology

Sean P. Modesto

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.610463

9,500 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2020

Palaeophytogeographical Patterns Across the Permian–Triassic Boundary

in Paleontology

Hendrik Nowak
Christian Vérard
Evelyn Kustatscher

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.613350

15,925 views
23 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Dec 2020

Regime Shifts in an Early Triassic Subtropical Ecosystem

in Paleontology

Elke Schneebeli-Hermann

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.588696

3,659 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2020

Latest Permian Peltasperm Plant From Southwest China and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications

in Paleontology

Zhuo Feng
Hai‐Bo Wei
Rong‐Hui Ye
Qun Sui
Xu‐Dong Gou
Yun Guo
Lu‐Jun Liu
Shi‐Ling Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.559430

3,912 views
21 citations

Editorial

Published on 15 Oct 2020

Editorial: Evolving Virtual and Computational Paleontology

in Paleontology

Luca Pandolfi
Pasquale Raia
Josep Fortuny
Lorenzo Rook

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.591813

3,342 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2020

Toward an “Ancient” Virtual World: Improvement Methods on X-ray CT Data Processing and Virtual Reconstruction of Fossil Skulls

in Paleontology

Alejandro Pérez-Ramos
Borja Figueirido

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.00345

6,971 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2020

New Information on the Keratinous Beak of Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia) From Two New Specimens

in Paleontology

Xiaoting Zheng
Jingmai O’Connor
Yan Wang
Xiaoli Wang
Yin Xuwei
Xiaomei Zhang
Zhonghe Zhou

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2020.00367

6,208 views
4 citations