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Just a few sites of exceptional fossil preservation may significantly distort the phylogenetic record for birds, scaly reptiles and dinosaurs

02.14.24 | PLOS

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Quantifying the effects of exceptional fossil preservation on the global availability of phylogenetic data in deep time
Desert sand dune landscape of the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta/Baruungoyot Formations. Foreground: the large-bodied monstersaurian lizard Estesia mongoliensis predating on the enantiornithine bird Gobipteryx minuta. Background: a pair of ornithomimid dinosaurs search for a drink of water. Credit: Landscape of the Djadokhta/Baruungoyot Formations with Estesia mongoliensis predating on Gobipteryx minuta by Nathan Dehaut, 2024, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Just a few sites of exceptional fossil preservation may significantly distort the phylogenetic record for birds, scaly reptiles and dinosaurs

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297637

Article Title: Quantifying the effects of exceptional fossil preservation on the global availability of phylogenetic data in deep time

Author Countries: USA

Funding: CHW: Richard Estes Memorial Award (No grant number); Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; www.vertpaleo.org ; NO - CHW: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant (No grant number); American Museum of Natural History; www.amnh.org; NO - CHW: EAR-PF 2305564; National Science Foundation; www.nsf.gov ; NO - NDS: EAR 1647841; National Science Foundation; www.nsf.gov ; NO -NDS: ANT 1341475/2040007; National Science Foundation; www.nsf.gov ; NO The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0297637

Quantifying the effects of exceptional fossil preservation on the global availability of phylogenetic data in deep time

14-Feb-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Archeology Dinosaur Fossils Dinosaurs Museums Natural History Phylogenetics Social Sciences Vertebrate Paleontology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0297637
Article Publication Date
2024-02-14
Article Title
Quantifying the effects of exceptional fossil preservation on the global availability of phylogenetic data in deep time
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, February 14). Just a few sites of exceptional fossil preservation may significantly distort the phylogenetic record for birds, scaly reptiles and dinosaurs. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ47DDN8/just-a-few-sites-of-exceptional-fossil-preservation-may-significantly-distort-the-phylogenetic-record-for-birds-scaly-reptiles-and-dinosaurs.html
MLA:
"Just a few sites of exceptional fossil preservation may significantly distort the phylogenetic record for birds, scaly reptiles and dinosaurs." Brightsurf News, Feb. 14 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ47DDN8/just-a-few-sites-of-exceptional-fossil-preservation-may-significantly-distort-the-phylogenetic-record-for-birds-scaly-reptiles-and-dinosaurs.html.