Innovation and opportunity in the evolution of life

Informacje na temat projektu

INNOVATION

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 788203

DOI

10.3030/788203

Projekt został zamknięty

Data podpisania przez KE 3 Maja 2018

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Października 2018

Data zakończenia 30 Września 2024

Finansowanie w ramach

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Koszt całkowity

€ 2 482 225,00

Wkład UE

€ 2 482 225,00

Koordynowany przez

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

CORDIS oferuje możliwość skorzystania z odnośników do publicznie dostępnych publikacji i rezultatów projektów realizowanych w ramach programów ramowych HORYZONT.

Odnośniki do rezultatów i publikacji związanych z poszczególnymi projektami 7PR, a także odnośniki do niektórych konkretnych kategorii wyników, takich jak zbiory danych i oprogramowanie, są dynamicznie pobierane z systemu OpenAIRE .

Publikacje

Peer reviewed articles (54)

Ecological opportunity and the rise and fall of crocodylomorph evolutionary innovation

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

A Triassic crown squamate

Autorzy: David I. Whiteside, Sofía A. V. Chambi-Trowell, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Science Advances, Numer 8, 2024, ISSN 2375-2548
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Katie M. Jamson, Benjamin C. Moon, Andrew J. Fraass
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 65, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Rachel A. Kruft Welton, George Hoppit, Daniela N. Schmidt, James D. Witts, Benjamin C. Moon
Opublikowane w: Biogeosciences, Numer 21, 2024, Strona(/y) 223-239, ISSN 1726-4189
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Qiling Liu, Tinglu Yang, Long Cheng, Michael J. Benton, Benjamin C. Moon, Chunbo Yan, Zhihui An, Li Tian
Opublikowane w: Scientific Reports, Numer 11, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01309-z

Phylogenetic congruence, conflict and consilience between molecular and morphological data

Autorzy: Joseph N Keating, Russell J Garwood, Robert S Sansom
Opublikowane w: BMC Ecology and Evolution, Numer 23, 2023, ISSN 2730-7182
Wydawca: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02131-z

Extended embryo retention and viviparity in the first amniotes

Autorzy: Baoyu Jiang, Yiming He, Armin Elsler, Shengyu Wang, Joseph N. Keating, Junyi Song, Stuart L. Kearns, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Numer 7, 2023, Strona(/y) 1131-1140, ISSN 2397-334X
Wydawca: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02074-0

Triassic Revolution

Autorzy: Michael J. Benton, Feixiang Wu
Opublikowane w: Frontiers in Earth Science, Numer 10, 2022, ISSN 2296-6463
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Zhen Guo, Joseph T. Flannery-Sutherland, Michael J. Benton, Zhong-Qiang Chen
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 14, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41358-8

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

Autorzy: Junyu Wan, William J. Foster, Li Tian, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton, Xincheng Qiu, Aihua Yuan
Opublikowane w: Paleobiology, Numer 47, 2021, Strona(/y) 402-417, ISSN 0094-8373
Wydawca: Paleontological Society
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2020.57

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

Autorzy: 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
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16313-6

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

Autorzy: Pierre Cockx, Michael J Benton, Joseph N Keating
Opublikowane w: Systematic Biology, 2025, ISSN 1063-5157
Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaf063

Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies

Autorzy: David Ocampo, Thilina N. De Silva, Catherine Sheard, Mary Caswell Stoddard
Opublikowane w: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Numer 378, 2023, ISSN 0962-8436
Wydawca: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0148

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

Autorzy: Susana Gutarra, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Colin Palmer, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Communications Biology, Numer 5, 2022, ISSN 2399-3642
Wydawca: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03322-y

The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles

Autorzy: Susana Gutarra, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Beatrice H. Heighton, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 66, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12645

Slow and fast evolutionary rates in the history of lepidosaurs

Autorzy: Jorge A. Herrera-Flores; Armin Elsler; Thomas L. Stubbs; Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 65, 2022, Strona(/y) e12579, ISSN 1475-4983
Wydawca: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12579

Evolution of ecospace occupancy by Mesozoic marine tetrapods

Autorzy: Jane C. Reeves, Benjamin C. Moon, Michael J. Benton, Thomas L. Stubbs
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 64/1, 2021, Strona(/y) 31-49, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12508

Global diversity dynamics in the fossil record are regionally heterogeneous

Autorzy: Joseph T. Flannery-Sutherland, Daniele Silvestro, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 13, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30507-0

Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and biodiversity hotspots

Autorzy: 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
Opublikowane w: Nature, Numer 607, 2022, Strona(/y) 507-511, ISSN 0028-0836
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Long Cheng, Benjamin C. Moon, Chunbo Yan, Ryosuke Motani, Dayong Jiang, Zhihui An, Zichen Fang
Opublikowane w: PeerJ, Numer 10, 2022, Strona(/y) e13569, ISSN 2167-8359
Wydawca: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13569

Predatory synapsid ecomorphology signals growing dynamism of late Palaeozoic terrestrial ecosystems

Autorzy: Suresh A. Singh, Armin Elsler, Thomas L. Stubbs, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Communications Biology, Numer 7, 2024, ISSN 2399-3642
Wydawca: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05879-2

The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity

Autorzy: Michael J. Benton; Peter Wilf; Hervé Sauquet; Hervé Sauquet
Opublikowane w: 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, Numer 233, 2022, Strona(/y) 2017–2035, ISSN 1469-8137
Wydawca: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17822

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

Autorzy: Fabien L Condamine, Guillaume Guinot, Michael J Benton, Philip J Currie
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 12, 3833, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23754-0

Nest traits for the world's birds

Autorzy: Catherine Sheard, Sally E. Street, Susan D. Healy, Camille A. Troisi, Andrew D. Clark, Antonia Yovcheva, Alexis Trébaol, Karina Vanadzina, Kevin N. Lala
Opublikowane w: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Numer 33, 2024, Strona(/y) 206-214, ISSN 1466-822X
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13783

Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity

Autorzy: Samuel R. R. Cross, Benjamin C. Moon, Thomas L. Stubbs, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 65, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12590

Ecomorphological diversification of squamates in the Cretaceous

Autorzy: Jorge A. Herrera-Flores, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Royal Society Open Science, Numer 8/3, 2021, Strona(/y) 201961, ISSN 2054-5703
Wydawca: 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)

Autorzy: Qiling Liu, Long Cheng, Thomas L Stubbs, Zichen Fang, Li Tian, Chunbo Yan, Michael J Benton
Opublikowane w: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Numer 205, 2025, ISSN 0024-4082
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf126

Locomotion and the early Mesozoic success of Archosauromorpha

Autorzy: Amy E. Shipley, Armin Elsler, Suresh A. Singh, Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Royal Society Open Science, Numer 11, 2024, ISSN 2054-5703
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Qi-Ling Liu, Long Cheng, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Michael J. Benton, Chun-Bo Yan, Li Tian
Opublikowane w: BMC Ecology and Evolution, Numer 23, 2023, ISSN 2730-7182
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Gondwana Research, 2020, ISSN 1342-937X
Wydawca: International Association for Godwana Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.08.003

Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

Autorzy: 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
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16257-x

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

Autorzy: Virginia L. Harvey, Joseph N. Keating, Michael Buckley
Opublikowane w: Royal Society Open Science, Numer 8, 2023, Strona(/y) 201955, ISSN 2054-5703
Wydawca: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201955

Variable preservation potential and richness in the fossil record of vertebrates

Autorzy: Fiona M. Walker, Alexander M. Dunhill, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 63/2, 2019, Strona(/y) 313-329, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12458

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

Autorzy: Joep Schaeffer, Michael J. Benton, Emily J. Rayfield, Thomas L. Stubbs
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 63/2, 2019, Strona(/y) 283-299, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12455

Morphological innovation and the evolution of hadrosaurid dinosaurs

Autorzy: Thomas L. Stubbs, Michael J. Benton, Armin Elsler, Albert Prieto-Márquez
Opublikowane w: Paleobiology, Numer 45/02, 2019, Strona(/y) 347-362, ISSN 0094-8373
Wydawca: Paleontological Society
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2019.9

Early high rates and disparity in the evolution of ichthyosaurs

Autorzy: Benjamin C. Moon, Thomas L. Stubbs
Opublikowane w: Communications Biology, Numer 3/1, 2020, Strona(/y) 1-8, ISSN 2399-3642
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Rachel A. Kruft Welton, George Hoppit, Daniela N. Schmidt, James D. Witts, Benjamin C. Moon
Opublikowane w: Biogeosciences, 2024, ISSN 1726-4189
Wydawca: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-287

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

Autorzy: Arnau Bolet, Thomas L Stubbs, Jorge A Herrera-Flores, Michael J Benton
Opublikowane w: eLife, Numer 11, 2023, ISSN 2050-084X
Wydawca: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.66511

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

Autorzy: Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, Robert A. Coram, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Palaeontology, Numer 66, 2023, ISSN 0031-0239
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12654

Viewing conditions predict evolutionary diversity in avian plumage colour

Autorzy: Jamie Dunning, Catherine Sheard, John A. Endler
Opublikowane w: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Numer 292, 2025, ISSN 1471-2954
Wydawca: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1728

The macroevolutionary dynamics of mammalian sexual size dimorphism

Autorzy: Megan E. Jones, Catherine Sheard
Opublikowane w: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2024, ISSN 1471-2954
Wydawca: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.31.543075

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

Autorzy: Zichuan Qin, Chun-Chi Liao, Michael J. Benton, Emily J. Rayfield
Opublikowane w: Communications Biology, Numer 6, 2023, ISSN 2399-3642
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Manabu Sakamoto, Michael Benton, Chris Venditti
Opublikowane w: Open Science, Numer 6, 2021, ISSN 2054-5703
Wydawca: Royal Society
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-907951/v1

Niche partitioning shaped herbivore macroevolution through the early Mesozoic

Autorzy: Suresh A. Singh, Armin Elsler, Thomas L. Stubbs, Russell Bond, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Nature Communications, Numer 12/1, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23169-x

The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations

Autorzy: Daniel Marke, David I. Whiteside, Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, Robert A. Coram, Vincent Fernandez, Alexander Liptak, Elis Newham, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Nature, Numer 647, 2025, Strona(/y) 663-672, ISSN 0028-0836
Wydawca: 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

Autorzy: Santiago Claramunt, Catherine Sheard, Joseph W. Brown, Gala Cortés-Ramírez, Joel Cracraft, Michelle M. Su, Brian C. Weeks, Joseph A. Tobias
Opublikowane w: Current Biology, Numer 35, 2025, Strona(/y) 3883-3895.e4, ISSN 0960-9822
Wydawca: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.004

Dietary niche partitioning in Early Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Strawberry Bank

Autorzy: Sarah Jamison‐Todd, Benjamin C. Moon, Andre J. Rowe, Matt Williams, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Journal of Anatomy, Numer 241, 2023, Strona(/y) 1409-1423, ISSN 0021-8782
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13744

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

Autorzy: David J. Button, Lindsay E. Zanno
Opublikowane w: Scientific Reports, Numer 13, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45658-3

150 million years of sustained increase in pterosaur flight efficiency

Autorzy: Chris Venditti, Joanna Baker, Michael J. Benton, Andrew Meade, Stuart Humphries
Opublikowane w: Nature, Numer 587, 2023, Strona(/y) 83-86, ISSN 0028-0836
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2858-8

Beak shape and nest material use in birds

Autorzy: Catherine Sheard, Sally E. Street, Caitlin Evans, Kevin N. Lala, Susan D. Healy, Shoko Sugasawa
Opublikowane w: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Numer 378, 2023, ISSN 0962-8436
Wydawca: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0147

Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages

Autorzy: Zhikun Gai, Qiang Li, Humberto G. Ferrón, Joseph N. Keating, Junqing Wang, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Min Zhu
Opublikowane w: Nature, Numer 609, 2022, Strona(/y) 959-963, ISSN 0028-0836
Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04897-6

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds

Autorzy: Catherine Sheard, Lucy Stott, Sally E. Street, Susan D. Healy, Shoko Sugasawa, Kevin N. Lala
Opublikowane w: Journal of Animal Ecology, Numer 93, 2024, Strona(/y) 691-704, ISSN 0021-8790
Wydawca: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14078

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

Autorzy: 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
Opublikowane w: Science Advances, Numer 6/38, 2020, Strona(/y) eaba0099, ISSN 2375-2548
Wydawca: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0099

Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review

Autorzy: Marco Romano, Massimo Bernardi, Fabio Massimo Petti, Bruce Rubidge, John Hancox, Michael J. Benton
Opublikowane w: Earth-Science Reviews, Numer 210, 2025, Strona(/y) 103331, ISSN 0012-8252
Wydawca: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103331