The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases

Towards accurate numerical calibration of the Late Triassic: High-precision U-Pb geochronology constraints on the duration of the Rhaetian

(2014) J.-F. Wotzlaw et al.   GEOLOGY

Current and historical perspectives on the completeness of the fossil record of pelycosaurian-grade synapsids

(2014) Neil Brocklehurst et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Testing the fossil record: Sampling proxies and scaling in the British Triassic–Jurassic

(2014) Alexander M. Dunhill et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Disentangling rock record bias and common-cause from redundancy in the British fossil record

(2014) Alexander M. Dunhill et al.   Nature Communications

The quality of the fossil record of anomodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida)

(2013) Marcus Walther et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

The early evolution of synapsids, and the influence of sampling on their fossil record

(2013) Neil Brocklehurst et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

The genus Arthropterygius Maxwell (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

(2012) Marta S. Fernández et al.   GEOBIOS

Evidence for taphonomic size bias in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Alberta), a model Mesozoic terrestrial alluvial‐paralic system

(2012) Caleb Marshall Brown et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The first half of tetrapod evolution, sampling proxies, and fossil record quality

(2012) Michael J. Benton et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Selective extinction of Triassic marine reptiles during long-term sea-level changes illuminated by seawater strontium isotopes

(2012) Neil P. Kelley et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary

(2012) Valentin Fischer et al.   PLoS One

The Completeness of the Fossil Record of Mesozoic Birds: Implications for Early Avian Evolution

(2012) Neil Brocklehurst et al.   PLoS One

Float or sink: modelling the taphonomic pathway of marine crocodiles (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia) during the death–burial interval

(2012) Susan R. Beardmore et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

New metrics to differentiate species of Stenopterygius (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern Germany

(2011) Erin E. Maxwell   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Resetting the evolution of marine reptiles at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary

(2011) P. M. Thorne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Completeness metrics and the quality of the sauropodomorph fossil record through geological and historical time

(2010) Philip D. Mannion et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Sea level, dinosaur diversity and sampling biases: investigating the 'common cause' hypothesis in the terrestrial realm

(2010) R. J. Butler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages

(2009) Jocelyn A. Sessa et al.   GEOLOGY

The shape of pterosaur evolution: evidence from the fossil record

(2009) G. J. DYKE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrates

(2009) R. B. J. Benson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dinosaur diversity and the rock record

(2009) P. M. Barrett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fossil quality and naming dinosaurs

(2008) M. J. Benton   Biology Letters