Innovation and opportunity in the evolution of life

Información del proyecto

INNOVATION

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 788203

DOI

10.3030/788203

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 3 Mayo 2018

Fecha de inicio 1 Octubre 2018

Fecha de finalización 30 Septiembre 2024

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 2 482 225,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 482 225,00

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

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Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (54)

Ecological opportunity and the rise and fall of crocodylomorph evolutionary innovation

Autores: Thomas L. Stubbs, Stephanie E. Pierce, Armin Elsler, Philip S. L. Anderson, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 288/1947, 2021, ISSN 0962-8452
Editor: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0069

A Triassic crown squamate

Autores: David I. Whiteside, Sofía A. V. Chambi-Trowell, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Science Advances, Edición 8, 2024, ISSN 2375-2548
Editor: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq8274

Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events

Autores: Katie M. Jamson, Benjamin C. Moon, Andrew J. Fraass
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 65, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12615

Reviews and syntheses: The clam before the storm – a meta-analysis showing the effect of combined climate change stressors on bivalves

Autores: Rachel A. Kruft Welton, George Hoppit, Daniela N. Schmidt, James D. Witts, Benjamin C. Moon
Publicado en: Biogeosciences, Edición 21, 2024, Página(s) 223-239, ISSN 1726-4189
Editor: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-223-2024

An injured pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota indicating predation pressure in the Mesozoic

Autores: Qiling Liu, Tinglu Yang, Long Cheng, Michael J. Benton, Benjamin C. Moon, Chunbo Yan, Zhihui An, Li Tian
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 11, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01309-z

Phylogenetic congruence, conflict and consilience between molecular and morphological data

Autores: Joseph N Keating, Russell J Garwood, Robert S Sansom
Publicado en: BMC Ecology and Evolution, Edición 23, 2023, ISSN 2730-7182
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02131-z

Extended embryo retention and viviparity in the first amniotes

Autores: Baoyu Jiang, Yiming He, Armin Elsler, Shengyu Wang, Joseph N. Keating, Junyi Song, Stuart L. Kearns, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Edición 7, 2023, Página(s) 1131-1140, ISSN 2397-334X
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02074-0

Triassic Revolution

Autores: Michael J. Benton, Feixiang Wu
Publicado en: Frontiers in Earth Science, Edición 10, 2022, ISSN 2296-6463
Editor: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.899541

Bayesian analyses indicate bivalves did not drive the downfall of brachiopods following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Autores: Zhen Guo, Joseph T. Flannery-Sutherland, Michael J. Benton, Zhong-Qiang Chen
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 14, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41358-8

Decoupling of morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity during the end-Permian mass extinction

Autores: Junyu Wan, William J. Foster, Li Tian, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton, Xincheng Qiu, Aihua Yuan
Publicado en: Paleobiology, Edición 47, 2021, Página(s) 402-417, ISSN 0094-8373
Editor: Paleontological Society
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2020.57

Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

Autores: Catherine Sheard, Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg, Nico Alioravainen, Samuel E. I. Jones, Claire Vincent, Hannah E. A. MacGregor, Tom P. Bregman, Santiago Claramunt, Joseph A. Tobias
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16313-6

Estimating Ancestral States of Complex Characters: A Case Study on the Evolution of Feathers

Autores: Pierre Cockx, Michael J Benton, Joseph N Keating
Publicado en: Systematic Biology, 2025, ISSN 1063-5157
Editor: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaf063

Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies

Autores: David Ocampo, Thilina N. De Silva, Catherine Sheard, Mary Caswell Stoddard
Publicado en: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 378, 2023, ISSN 0962-8436
Editor: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0148

Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions

Autores: Susana Gutarra, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Colin Palmer, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Communications Biology, Edición 5, 2022, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03322-y

The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles

Autores: Susana Gutarra, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Beatrice H. Heighton, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 66, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12645

Slow and fast evolutionary rates in the history of lepidosaurs

Autores: Jorge A. Herrera-Flores; Armin Elsler; Thomas L. Stubbs; Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 65, 2022, Página(s) e12579, ISSN 1475-4983
Editor: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12579

Evolution of ecospace occupancy by Mesozoic marine tetrapods

Autores: Jane C. Reeves, Benjamin C. Moon, Michael J. Benton, Thomas L. Stubbs
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 64/1, 2021, Página(s) 31-49, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12508

Global diversity dynamics in the fossil record are regionally heterogeneous

Autores: Joseph T. Flannery-Sutherland, Daniele Silvestro, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 13, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30507-0

Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and biodiversity hotspots

Autores: Pedro Cermeño, Carmen García-Comas, Alexandre Pohl, Simon Williams, Michael J. Benton, Chhaya Chaudhary, Guillaume Le Gland, R. Dietmar Müller, Andy Ridgwell, Sergio M. Vallina
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 607, 2022, Página(s) 507-511, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04932-6

The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery

Autores: Long Cheng, Benjamin C. Moon, Chunbo Yan, Ryosuke Motani, Dayong Jiang, Zhihui An, Zichen Fang
Publicado en: PeerJ, Edición 10, 2022, Página(s) e13569, ISSN 2167-8359
Editor: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13569

Predatory synapsid ecomorphology signals growing dynamism of late Palaeozoic terrestrial ecosystems

Autores: Suresh A. Singh, Armin Elsler, Thomas L. Stubbs, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Communications Biology, Edición 7, 2024, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05879-2

The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity

Autores: Michael J. Benton; Peter Wilf; Hervé Sauquet; Hervé Sauquet
Publicado en: Benton , M J , Wilf , P & Sauquet , H 2021 , ' The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity ' , The New phytologist . https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17822, Edición 233, 2022, Página(s) 2017–2035, ISSN 1469-8137
Editor: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17822

Dinosaur biodiversity declined well before the asteroid impact, influenced by ecological and environmental pressures

Autores: Fabien L Condamine, Guillaume Guinot, Michael J Benton, Philip J Currie
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 12, 3833, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23754-0

Nest traits for the world's birds

Autores: Catherine Sheard, Sally E. Street, Susan D. Healy, Camille A. Troisi, Andrew D. Clark, Antonia Yovcheva, Alexis Trébaol, Karina Vanadzina, Kevin N. Lala
Publicado en: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Edición 33, 2024, Página(s) 206-214, ISSN 1466-822X
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13783

Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity

Autores: Samuel R. R. Cross, Benjamin C. Moon, Thomas L. Stubbs, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 65, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12590

Ecomorphological diversification of squamates in the Cretaceous

Autores: Jorge A. Herrera-Flores, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Royal Society Open Science, Edición 8/3, 2021, Página(s) 201961, ISSN 2054-5703
Editor: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201961

Ontogenetic dietary partitioning in a Triassic sauropterygian: implications from a new juvenile specimen of <i>Brevicaudosaurus jiyangshanensis</i> (Reptilia: Diapsida)

Autores: Qiling Liu, Long Cheng, Thomas L Stubbs, Zichen Fang, Li Tian, Chunbo Yan, Michael J Benton
Publicado en: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Edición 205, 2025, ISSN 0024-4082
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf126

Locomotion and the early Mesozoic success of Archosauromorpha

Autores: Amy E. Shipley, Armin Elsler, Suresh A. Singh, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Royal Society Open Science, Edición 11, 2024, ISSN 2054-5703
Editor: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231495

Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China

Autores: Qi-Ling Liu, Long Cheng, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Michael J. Benton, Chun-Bo Yan, Li Tian
Publicado en: BMC Ecology and Evolution, Edición 23, 2023, ISSN 2730-7182
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02150-w

The origin of endothermy in synapsids and archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic

Autores: Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Gondwana Research, 2020, ISSN 1342-937X
Editor: International Association for Godwana Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.08.003

Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

Autores: Christopher R. Cooney, Catherine Sheard, Andrew D. Clark, Susan D. Healy, András Liker, Sally E. Street, Camille A. Troisi, Gavin H. Thomas, Tamás Székely, Nicola Hemmings, Alison E. Wright
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16257-x

Phylogenetic analyses of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) using collagen type I protein sequences

Autores: Virginia L. Harvey, Joseph N. Keating, Michael Buckley
Publicado en: Royal Society Open Science, Edición 8, 2023, Página(s) 201955, ISSN 2054-5703
Editor: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201955

Variable preservation potential and richness in the fossil record of vertebrates

Autores: Fiona M. Walker, Alexander M. Dunhill, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 63/2, 2019, Página(s) 313-329, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12458

Morphological disparity in theropod jaws: comparing discrete characters and geometric morphometrics

Autores: Joep Schaeffer, Michael J. Benton, Emily J. Rayfield, Thomas L. Stubbs
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 63/2, 2019, Página(s) 283-299, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12455

Morphological innovation and the evolution of hadrosaurid dinosaurs

Autores: Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton, Armin Elsler, Albert Prieto-Márquez
Publicado en: Paleobiology, Edición 45/02, 2019, Página(s) 347-362, ISSN 0094-8373
Editor: Paleontological Society
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2019.9

Early high rates and disparity in the evolution of ichthyosaurs

Autores: Benjamin C. Moon, Thomas L. Stubbs
Publicado en: Communications Biology, Edición 3/1, 2020, Página(s) 1-8, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Springer-Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0779-6

The Clam Before the Storm: A Meta Analysis Showing the Effect of Combined Climate Change Stressors on Bivalves

Autores: Rachel A. Kruft Welton, George Hoppit, Daniela N. Schmidt, James D. Witts, Benjamin C. Moon
Publicado en: Biogeosciences, 2024, ISSN 1726-4189
Editor: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-287

The Jurassic rise of squamates as supported by lepidosaur disparity and evolutionary rates

Autores: Arnau Bolet, Thomas L Stubbs, Jorge A Herrera-Flores, Michael J Benton
Publicado en: eLife, Edición 11, 2023, ISSN 2050-084X
Editor: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.66511

Unique dentition of rhynchosaurs and their two‐phase success as herbivores in the Triassic

Autores: Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, Robert A. Coram, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Palaeontology, Edición 66, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12654

Viewing conditions predict evolutionary diversity in avian plumage colour

Autores: Jamie Dunning, Catherine Sheard, John A. Endler
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 292, 2025, ISSN 1471-2954
Editor: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1728

The macroevolutionary dynamics of mammalian sexual size dimorphism

Autores: Megan E. Jones, Catherine Sheard
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2024, ISSN 1471-2954
Editor: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.31.543075

Functional space analyses reveal the function and evolution of the most bizarre theropod manual unguals

Autores: Zichuan Qin, Chun-Chi Liao, Michael J. Benton, Emily J. Rayfield
Publicado en: Communications Biology, Edición 6, 2023, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04552-4

Diversification Declines in Major Dinosaurian Clades are not Because of Edge Effects or Incomplete Fossil Sampling

Autores: Manabu Sakamoto, Michael Benton, Chris Venditti
Publicado en: Open Science, Edición 6, 2021, ISSN 2054-5703
Editor: Royal Society
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-907951/v1

Niche partitioning shaped herbivore macroevolution through the early Mesozoic

Autores: Suresh A. Singh, Armin Elsler, Thomas L. Stubbs, Russell Bond, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 12/1, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23169-x

The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations

Autores: Daniel Marke, David I. Whiteside, Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, Robert A. Coram, Vincent Fernandez, Alexander Liptak, Elis Newham, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 647, 2025, Página(s) 663-672, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09496-9

A new time tree of birds reveals the interplay between dispersal, geographic range size, and diversification

Autores: Santiago Claramunt, Catherine Sheard, Joseph W. Brown, Gala Cortés-Ramírez, Joel Cracraft, Michelle M. Su, Brian C. Weeks, Joseph A. Tobias
Publicado en: Current Biology, Edición 35, 2025, Página(s) 3883-3895.e4, ISSN 0960-9822
Editor: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.004

Dietary niche partitioning in Early Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Strawberry Bank

Autores: Sarah Jamison‐Todd, Benjamin C. Moon, Andre J. Rowe, Matt Williams, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Journal of Anatomy, Edición 241, 2023, Página(s) 1409-1423, ISSN 0021-8782
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13744

Neuroanatomy of the late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus neglectus (Neornithischia: Thescelosauridae) reveals novel ecological specialisations within Dinosauria

Autores: David J. Button, Lindsay E. Zanno
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 13, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45658-3

150 million years of sustained increase in pterosaur flight efficiency

Autores: Chris Venditti, Joanna Baker, Michael J. Benton, Andrew Meade, Stuart Humphries
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 587, 2023, Página(s) 83-86, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2858-8

Beak shape and nest material use in birds

Autores: Catherine Sheard, Sally E. Street, Caitlin Evans, Kevin N. Lala, Susan D. Healy, Shoko Sugasawa
Publicado en: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 378, 2023, ISSN 0962-8436
Editor: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0147

Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages

Autores: Zhikun Gai, Qiang Li, Humberto G. Ferrón, Joseph N. Keating, Junqing Wang, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Min Zhu
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 609, 2022, Página(s) 959-963, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04897-6

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds

Autores: Catherine Sheard, Lucy Stott, Sally E. Street, Susan D. Healy, Shoko Sugasawa, Kevin N. Lala
Publicado en: Journal of Animal Ecology, Edición 93, 2024, Página(s) 691-704, ISSN 0021-8790
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14078

Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)

Autores: Jacopo Dal Corso, Massimo Bernardi, Yadong Sun, Haijun Song, Leyla J. Seyfullah, Nereo Preto, Piero Gianolla, Alastair Ruffell, Evelyn Kustatscher, Guido Roghi, Agostino Merico, Sönke Hohn, Alexander R. Schmidt, Andrea Marzoli, Robert J. Newton, Paul B. Wignall, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Science Advances, Edición 6/38, 2020, Página(s) eaba0099, ISSN 2375-2548
Editor: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0099

Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review

Autores: Marco Romano, Massimo Bernardi, Fabio Massimo Petti, Bruce Rubidge, John Hancox, Michael J. Benton
Publicado en: Earth-Science Reviews, Edición 210, 2025, Página(s) 103331, ISSN 0012-8252
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103331