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Mary L. Droser
Researcher at University of California, Riverside
Publications - 44
Citations - 4680
Mary L. Droser is an academic researcher from University of California, Riverside. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trace fossil & Biology. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 33 publications receiving 4375 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary L. Droser include University of California & Oberlin College.
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The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
TL;DR: The Global Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) was undoubtedly one of the most significant evolutionary events in the history of the marine biosphere as discussed by the authors, however, it was not paralleled by an increase in the abundance of bioturbation structures.
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A semiquantitative field classification of ichnofabric
Mary L. Droser,David J. Bottjer +1 more
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Late Precambrian Oxygenation; Inception of the Clay Mineral Factory
TL;DR: Evidence is shown for an increase in clay mineral deposition in the Neoproterozoic that immediately predated the first metazoans, leading to increased marine burial of organic carbon via mineral surface preservation.
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Ecological ranking of Phanerozoic biodiversity crises: ecological and taxonomic severities are decoupled
TL;DR: It is suggested that the decoupled severities of the Phanerozoic biodiversity crises indicates that the ecological importance of component species in an ecosystem is at least as important as species diversity in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem and that this ecological phenomenon operates on geological timescales.
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A new ecological-severity ranking of major Phanerozoic biodiversity crises
TL;DR: A new ecological-severity ranking of the major Phanerozoic biodiversity crises is proposed in this paper, in which the Capitanian crisis is ranked lesser than the Frasnian (Late Devonian) but greater than the Serpukhovian (end-mississippian), and the Famennian crisis was ranked as equal in ecological impact to the Hirnantian (ending-Ordovician).