Recent Research on Palaeontology
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Paleobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 67340
Special Issue Editor
Interests: paleoentomology; evolution; phylogeny; systematics; paleobiogeography; paleoenvironment; Mesozoic and Cenozoic insects; quaternary study
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Dear Colleagues,
Palaeontology is a rapidly developing science that allows us to understand the evolution of life on our planet. Every year the number of paleontological finds increases in nature, and the museum collections collected earlier are being studied. New fossil localities are being discovered, and work is underway on well-known but usually insufficiently explored ones. New approaches make it possible to obtain much more diverse fossil samples. New methods of studying them, such as X-ray tomography, for example, make it possible to see previously unknown details of the structure of extinct organisms. All this brings paleontological research to a new level. With new data, we can improve our knowledge of the evolution, phylogeny, taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of fossil organisms. An integrated approach involving various groups of fossil organisms and methods for their study allows solving challenging questions of palaeodiversity development.
I invite palaeontologists dealing with the abovementioned problems to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue, which will focus on phylogeny, palaeoenvironment, climate reconstruction, palaeobiogeography, taxonomy, biostratigraphy and fossil history, as well as the use of modern approaches that provide new knowledge in the field of palaeodiversity.
Dr. Andrei Legalov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fossil history
- phylogeny
- palaeoenvironment
- climate reconstruction
- palaeobiogeography
- new taxa
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