The effect of geological biases on our perception of early land plant radiation

Capel, Eliott; Monnet, Claude; Cleal, Christopher; Xue, Jinzhuang; Servais, Thomas; Cascales Minana, Francisco De Borja

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1111/pala.12644

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/107519

Title :

The effect of geological biases on our perception of early land plant radiation

Author(s) :

Capel, Eliott [Auteur]
Monnet, Claude [Auteur]

Cleal, Christopher [Auteur]
Xue, Jinzhuang [Auteur]
Servais, Thomas [Auteur]

Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Cascales Minana, Francisco De Borja [Auteur]

Journal title :

Palaeontology

Publisher :

Wiley

Publication date :

2023-03-20

ISSN :

0031-0239

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]

English abstract : [en]

Abstract The Silurian–Devonian plant radiation was a critical development in the evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems. Characterizing the diversity dynamics of this radiation has been a focus of numerous studies. ...
Show more >Abstract The Silurian–Devonian plant radiation was a critical development in the evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems. Characterizing the diversity dynamics of this radiation has been a focus of numerous studies. However, little is known about the impact of geological bias on our perception of this biodiversification. Here, we use a new, comprehensive compilation of plant occurrences from North America, together with a Macrostrat lithological dataset, to elucidate the relationships between the palaeobotanical and geological records of early land plants. Results show that observed raw diversity patterns at both species and genus rank are significantly correlated with fluctuations of sedimentary rock volume, especially of non‐marine fossiliferous deposits. The lack of terrestrial sedimentary deposits before the Emsian (Early Devonian) makes it difficult to obtain an accurate depiction of the pre‐Emsian plant diversification in North America. However, complementary analyses reveal that sampling‐standardized diversity patterns partially correct the raw trajectories, especially at the genus‐level if enough preserved non‐marine sediments are available for sampling. Our findings highlight that geological incompleteness remains a fundamental bias for describing early plant diversification. This indicates that, even when sampling is extensive, observed diversity patterns potentially reflect the heterogeneity of the rock record, which blurs our understanding of the early history of land vegetation.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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Harvested from HAL

Submission date :

2024-02-15T06:18:43Z

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