Michał Kowalewski

TL;DR: A survey of sampling protocols (data collecting strategy, sieve size, and sample size) and analytical approaches (predation intensity metrics, strategies for evaluating behavioral selectivity of predators, and taphonomic tests) reveals that various approaches can be fruitful depending on logistic circumstances and scientific goals of paleoecological projects as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: This volume, compiled by a group of expert specialists on the evidence of predator-prey interactions in the fossil record, is a pioneering effort to collate the information now accumulating in this important field.

TL;DR: The evolutionary history of drilling predation, despite a long and rich fossil record (Precambrian-Holocene), contains a 120 m.y. gap (Late Triassic-Early Cretaceous) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This period-level compilation of the largest known fossil organisms demonstrates that maximum size increased by 16 orders of magnitude since life first appeared in the fossil record.

TL;DR: This study quantifies the fine structure of time-averaging by using large samples of dated shells collected from within individual strata, finding that shell beds can provide a complete, high-resolution record, and thus offer exceptional insights into the environmental and climatic changes of the last 40 thousand years.