Another new paper out now: led by Amy Betz from the @bruceslieberman.bsky.social lab on how a variety functional traits did or didn't impact extinction risk in the Plio-Pleistocene-Recent western Atlantic regional mass extinction
Of the 16 traits considered, none was correlated with increased risk
Dr. Brendan Anderson
Happy to share paper in #Palaeontology led by my former @ku-eeb.bsky.social grad student Amy Betz w/ @jonhendricks.bsky.social @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social and Portell & Strotz on factors impacting #extinctions in #marine #mollusks. #paleontology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....