cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7491881.v1
title: Every cloud has a silver lining: X-ray micro-CT reveals <i>Orsunius</i> rove beetle in Rovno amber from a specimen inaccessible to light microscopy

description: The exceptionally well-preserved and diverse insect fossil record of the Baltic amber group is a unique source for science. However, bubbles and thick layers of white gaseous froth cover numerous inclusions in this type of amber, rendering their examination with traditional light microscopy impossible. Here, we show that X-ray micro-computed tomography can be an efficient tool in such cases. We scanned a completely covered rove beetle (Staphylinidae) fossil in a piece of the relatively recently discovered Rovno amber. The resulting reconstruction was detailed enough to identify the fossil as the first extinct species of <i>Orsunius</i> Assing, an extant genus from the systematically very challenging subtribe Medonina (Lathrobiini, Paederinae). We summarize all previous studies on the origin of gaseous inclusions around fossil specimens in Baltic amber and discuss the technical challenges of using µ-CT where a mostly hollow specimen is surrounded by bubbles of the same density. Since recent <i>Orsunius</i> exclusively occur in the Oriental biogeographic region, we discuss the possible climate change driven speciation scenarios between <i>Orsunius electronefelus</i> sp. nov. and the former. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8ECD641E-629F-46DC-BC81-217C529ACA84
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7559867
title: Small carnivores’ cave-dwelling: neo-taphonomic study of a badger (<i>Meles meles</i>) sett and its archaeological implications

description: The interaction between hominins and carnivores can lead to archaeological scenarios where these relationships materialise in palimpsests. The alternate use of caves and shelters results in overlapped occupations where the action of both predators becomes difficult to trace. Their presence in archaeological sites like cave/shelter-environments have been sufficiently contrasted, but despite this, few neo-taphonomic studies of small carnivore burrows have been developed, and mostly in open-air sites. Here we present data from a cave identified as a badger sett through photo/video-trap systems. The material recovered was located in 3D, and subsequently analysed from a taphonomic perspective. The scavenging behaviour of this small carnivore shows a wide range of animals with a bias for appendicular elements. Taphonomically, pits/punctures and scores are the most abundant alteration, although some other mechanical damage has been identified, such as crenulated edges and crushing. Small-sized bones present the highest percentage of tooth-marks and, as to skeletal regions, appendicular elements and girdles are the most affected items.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7559867.v1
title: Small carnivores’ cave-dwelling: neo-taphonomic study of a badger (<i>Meles meles</i>) sett and its archaeological implications

description: The interaction between hominins and carnivores can lead to archaeological scenarios where these relationships materialise in palimpsests. The alternate use of caves and shelters results in overlapped occupations where the action of both predators becomes difficult to trace. Their presence in archaeological sites like cave/shelter-environments have been sufficiently contrasted, but despite this, few neo-taphonomic studies of small carnivore burrows have been developed, and mostly in open-air sites. Here we present data from a cave identified as a badger sett through photo/video-trap systems. The material recovered was located in 3D, and subsequently analysed from a taphonomic perspective. The scavenging behaviour of this small carnivore shows a wide range of animals with a bias for appendicular elements. Taphonomically, pits/punctures and scores are the most abundant alteration, although some other mechanical damage has been identified, such as crenulated edges and crushing. Small-sized bones present the highest percentage of tooth-marks and, as to skeletal regions, appendicular elements and girdles are the most affected items.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12690116.v1
title: Infant Gut Dataset integration in the AgnostosDB

description: Results of the integration of the Sharon et al (2013) (https://genome.cshlp.org/content/23/1/111) Infant Gut Dataset (IGD) into the AgnostosDB (Vanni et al. 2020) (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12459056)<br>
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14540607.v1
title: Autores con una centralidad de grado igual o superior a 19

description: Se muestran a los autores con una centralidad de grado igual o superior a 19
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14540607
title: Autores con una centralidad de grado igual o superior a 19

description: Se muestran a los autores con una centralidad de grado igual o superior a 19
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7539128
title: Absence of general rules governing molluscan body-size response to climatic fluctuation during the Cenozoic

description: Body size is a key factor in predicting the outcome of organisms’ interaction with their environment. A negative temperature–size relationship (TSR) is claimed to be one of the universal responses to climatic warming. Studies on extant biota also predicted that groups with narrow latitudinal range, tropical affinity, and higher body size would show higher sensitivity to climatic fluctuation. To confirm the generality of these relationships among marine ectotherms, we compiled the data on body size and global temperature over the Cenozoic using a global database of marine molluscs of Class Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Molluscan species do not show any signature of TSR for any taxonomic, regional, or ecological category during the Cenozoic. We did not find any evidence supporting heightened response in groups with limited latitudinal spread or with large body size. The body-size response of tropical species is not different from those of temperate species. Response of infauna and epifauna does not show any difference either and hence, refutes the predicted variation due to difference in their thermal-specialisation. Our results highlight the limited validity of ‘universal rules’ in explaining the climate-induced morphological response of marine communities in deep time and underscore the complexity in generalising the biotic outcome of climatic fluctuation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7539128.v1
title: Absence of general rules governing molluscan body-size response to climatic fluctuation during the Cenozoic

description: Body size is a key factor in predicting the outcome of organisms’ interaction with their environment. A negative temperature–size relationship (TSR) is claimed to be one of the universal responses to climatic warming. Studies on extant biota also predicted that groups with narrow latitudinal range, tropical affinity, and higher body size would show higher sensitivity to climatic fluctuation. To confirm the generality of these relationships among marine ectotherms, we compiled the data on body size and global temperature over the Cenozoic using a global database of marine molluscs of Class Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Molluscan species do not show any signature of TSR for any taxonomic, regional, or ecological category during the Cenozoic. We did not find any evidence supporting heightened response in groups with limited latitudinal spread or with large body size. The body-size response of tropical species is not different from those of temperate species. Response of infauna and epifauna does not show any difference either and hence, refutes the predicted variation due to difference in their thermal-specialisation. Our results highlight the limited validity of ‘universal rules’ in explaining the climate-induced morphological response of marine communities in deep time and underscore the complexity in generalising the biotic outcome of climatic fluctuation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8188262
title: Taxonomic punchlines: metadata in biology

description: Biological nomenclature contains metadata that can inform researchers about a taxon’s place in nature and the namer’s place in contemporary science and culture. The socio-scientific content of that metadata, and the story it conveys about the origin of a scientific name, hold value for taxonomy and interest for the public in general. However, such metadata are perishable if not hard-coded into literature. Accordingly, the present paper attempts to document the use and value of socio-scientific metadata through examples of whimsical taxonomic names. In the process, I capture hitherto unpublished views on this topic expressed by George Gaylord Simpson, the twentieth century's most distinguished vertebrate palaeontologist and a co-founder of the modern synthetic theory of evolution, along with personal perspectives of many of the eminent palaeozoologists and biologists of his time. The principal conclusion is that whimsical names will surely increase in their ubiquity in scientific literature, and this commends acknowledgement in the international zoological code to encourage the preservation of their origin stories. Credit: Cartoon from New Scientist, its masked arthropod grumbling about whimsical scientific nomenclature, originally appeared in McClellan (1982). The artist, David Austin (1935-2005), began his cartooning career in the 1970s, later becoming well-known for his political commentary in pocket cartoons featured in British dailies including Today, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian, and also Labour Weekly, The Spectator, Field and Mail. (Used with permission of Mr. Austin’s estate, courtesy of Janet Slee, 2018.)
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8188262.v2
title: Taxonomic punchlines: metadata in biology

description: Biological nomenclature contains metadata that can inform researchers about a taxon’s place in nature and the namer’s place in contemporary science and culture. The socio-scientific content of that metadata, and the story it conveys about the origin of a scientific name, hold value for taxonomy and interest for the public in general. However, such metadata are perishable if not hard-coded into literature. Accordingly, the present paper attempts to document the use and value of socio-scientific metadata through examples of whimsical taxonomic names. In the process, I capture hitherto unpublished views on this topic expressed by George Gaylord Simpson, the twentieth century's most distinguished vertebrate palaeontologist and a co-founder of the modern synthetic theory of evolution, along with personal perspectives of many of the eminent palaeozoologists and biologists of his time. The principal conclusion is that whimsical names will surely increase in their ubiquity in scientific literature, and this commends acknowledgement in the international zoological code to encourage the preservation of their origin stories. Credit: Cartoon from New Scientist, its masked arthropod grumbling about whimsical scientific nomenclature, originally appeared in McClellan (1982). The artist, David Austin (1935-2005), began his cartooning career in the 1970s, later becoming well-known for his political commentary in pocket cartoons featured in British dailies including Today, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian, and also Labour Weekly, The Spectator, Field and Mail. (Used with permission of Mr. Austin’s estate, courtesy of Janet Slee, 2018.)
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8188262.v1
title: Taxonomic punchlines: metadata in biology

description: Biological nomenclature contains metadata that can inform researchers about a taxon’s place in nature and the namer’s place in contemporary science and culture. The socio-scientific content of that metadata, and the story it conveys about the origin of a scientific name, hold value for taxonomy and interest for the public in general. However, such metadata are perishable if not hard-coded into literature. Accordingly, the present paper attempts to document the use and value of socio-scientific metadata through examples of whimsical taxonomic names. In the process, I capture hitherto unpublished views on this topic expressed by George Gaylord Simpson, the twentieth century's most distinguished vertebrate palaeontologist and a co-founder of the modern synthetic theory of evolution, along with personal perspectives of many of the eminent palaeozoologists and biologists of his time. The principal conclusion is that whimsical names will surely increase in their ubiquity in scientific literature, and this commends acknowledgement in the international zoological code to encourage the preservation of their origin stories. Credit: Cartoon from New Scientist, its masked arthropod grumbling about whimsical scientific nomenclature, originally appeared in McClellan (1982). The artist, David Austin (1935-2005), began his cartooning career in the 1970s, later becoming well-known for his political commentary in pocket cartoons featured in British dailies including Today, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian, and also Labour Weekly, The Spectator, Field and Mail. (Used with permission of Mr. Austin’s estate, courtesy of Janet Slee, 2018.)
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12848993
title: IchnoDB: structure and importance of an ichnology database

description: The design of a relational database for ichnological data is presented to illustrate and address deficiencies in present-day palaeontological databases. Currently, palaeontology databases apply concepts and terminology derived from the study of body fossils to trace fossil records. We suggest that fundamental differences between body and trace fossils make this practice inappropriate. These differences stem from the fact that trace fossils represent the behaviour of the tracemaker, and not the phylogenetic affinities of an organism. This database, referred to as IchnoDB, has been tested by the authors throughout the design process to ensure that recommended alterations to current palaeontology databases made herein are functional. In describing the design and logic that underpins an ichnology database, it is our desire to see established palaeontological databases incorporate ichnology specific fields into their structure. This would support and encourage future research, involving the use of large ichnological datasets.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12848993.v1
title: IchnoDB: structure and importance of an ichnology database

description: The design of a relational database for ichnological data is presented to illustrate and address deficiencies in present-day palaeontological databases. Currently, palaeontology databases apply concepts and terminology derived from the study of body fossils to trace fossil records. We suggest that fundamental differences between body and trace fossils make this practice inappropriate. These differences stem from the fact that trace fossils represent the behaviour of the tracemaker, and not the phylogenetic affinities of an organism. This database, referred to as IchnoDB, has been tested by the authors throughout the design process to ensure that recommended alterations to current palaeontology databases made herein are functional. In describing the design and logic that underpins an ichnology database, it is our desire to see established palaeontological databases incorporate ichnology specific fields into their structure. This would support and encourage future research, involving the use of large ichnological datasets.
DOI: 10.15468/3nwuvu
title: Heteragrion lencionii (Odonata: Heteragrionidae) sp. nov. from Serra de Itabaiana National Park, Northeastern Brazil

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Vilela, Diogo Silva, Farias, Antonio Bruno Silva, Santos, Jean Carlos (2021): Heteragrion lencionii (Odonata: Heteragrionidae) sp. nov. from Serra de Itabaiana National Park, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4966 (4): 476-482, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.6
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14540617
title: Dataset S1 Tarsal Dataset; Dataset S2 Phylogenetic dataset.; Dataset S3 Disparity Code.; Dataset S4 Permutation code from Quantitative assessment of tarsal morphology illuminates locomotor behaviour in Paleocene mammals following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

description: Separate file formatted as an Excel file (.xlsx) and includes four sheets: sheet 1, tarsal measurements and associated metadata; sheet 2, Z-transformed tarsal data; sheet 3, Principal Component scores; sheet 4, Discriminant Function scores.; Separate file formatted as a Nexus file (.nex) containing the 50% majority rule consensus tree derived from the 10000 birth-death node dated trees downloaded from the www.vertlife.org database. (separate file, available at: https://figshare.com/s/7c79c4986d5916ba551b (private link - DELETE FOR PUBLICATION), DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.10250084 (pre-generated DOI)); Separate file formatted as Rez source code for opening in R or as a text file and includes the disparity code used in this study (separate file, available at: https://figshare.com/s/7c79c4986d5916ba551b (private link - DELETE FOR PUBLICATION), DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.10250084 (pre-generated DOI)); Separate file formatted as Rez source code for opening in R or as a text file and includes the permutation code used in this study. (separate file, available at: https://figshare.com/s/ (private link - DELETE FOR PUBLICATION), DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.10250084 (pre-generated DOI))
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14540623
title: Dataset S5 Regression Dataset from Quantitative assessment of tarsal morphology illuminates locomotor behaviour in Paleocene mammals following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

description: Separate file formatted as an Excel file (.xlsx) and includes three sheets: sheet 1, humerus robustness index values; sheet 2, femur robustness index values; sheet 3, calcaneum robustness index values.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14540623.v1
title: Dataset S5 Regression Dataset from Quantitative assessment of tarsal morphology illuminates locomotor behaviour in Paleocene mammals following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

description: Separate file formatted as an Excel file (.xlsx) and includes three sheets: sheet 1, humerus robustness index values; sheet 2, femur robustness index values; sheet 3, calcaneum robustness index values.
DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.14540616
title: Supplementary information files for Boosting electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid on SnO<sub>2</sub>-decorated Pd nanosheets

description: Supplementary files for article Boosting electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid on SnO<sub>2</sub>-decorated Pd nanosheets. Formic acid (HCOOH), as a natural biomass, is a promising feedstock for low temperature fuel cells, and rational development of efficient catalysts for electrochemical dehydrogenation of HCOOH plays a key role toward its full chemical energy utilization. Herein, Pd nanosheets decorated with SnO<sub>2</sub> nanoflakes (denoted hereafter as Pd@SnO<sub>2</sub>-NSs) are designed as a composite catalyst, showing superior performance for formic acid electro-oxidation, as compared to pristine Pd nanosheets (Pd-NSs). In situ attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopic results suggest a promoted formate pathway on the Pd@SnO<sub>2</sub>-NSs with a suppressed accumulation of CO poisoning species. DFT calculations further indicate that the Pd (111) surface modified with SnO<sub>2</sub> has lower energy barriers for the bidentate formate formation, the bidentate to monodentate formate transformation and the C-H bond scission.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12370550
title: Isotope and chemical assessment of natural water in the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka for groundwater development aspects

description: The demand for fresh groundwater in the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, has been increasing as the only water source for domestic and agricultural needs. Isotopic and hydro-chemical assessment on groundwater recharge and quality was done with the objective of assisting groundwater management plans. Water samples were collected in pre and post monsoon periods for isotope analyses (<sup>2</sup>H, <sup>18</sup>O and <sup>3</sup>H) and major ions. Isotope data provide evidence that the groundwater is predominantly recharged by inter-monsoon (convectional) and North-East monsoon rains. Different residence times of shallow groundwater were found. The study revealed that the groundwater quality is mainly deteriorated due to dissolution of geogenic elements. However, in some instances, seawater intrusion and evaporation have caused lowering of groundwater quality. More saline groundwater is found in deeper levels in the karstic limestone aquifer system. Fresh water is available in coastal sandy aquifers in the eastern part of the peninsula. The impact of rainfall variations and agricultural activities are contributory factors for producing variations in the quality of groundwater. The current study suggests artificial groundwater recharge for the development and utilization of groundwater resources through small scale tanks/reservoirs or ponds in the areas where direct rain recharge occurs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12370550.v1
title: Isotope and chemical assessment of natural water in the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka for groundwater development aspects<sup>*</sup>

description: The demand for fresh groundwater in the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, has been increasing as the only water source for domestic and agricultural needs. Isotopic and hydro-chemical assessment on groundwater recharge and quality was done with the objective of assisting groundwater management plans. Water samples were collected in pre and post monsoon periods for isotope analyses (<sup>2</sup>H, <sup>18</sup>O and <sup>3</sup>H) and major ions. Isotope data provide evidence that the groundwater is predominantly recharged by inter-monsoon (convectional) and North-East monsoon rains. Different residence times of shallow groundwater were found. The study revealed that the groundwater quality is mainly deteriorated due to dissolution of geogenic elements. However, in some instances, seawater intrusion and evaporation have caused lowering of groundwater quality. More saline groundwater is found in deeper levels in the karstic limestone aquifer system. Fresh water is available in coastal sandy aquifers in the eastern part of the peninsula. The impact of rainfall variations and agricultural activities are contributory factors for producing variations in the quality of groundwater. The current study suggests artificial groundwater recharge for the development and utilization of groundwater resources through small scale tanks/reservoirs or ponds in the areas where direct rain recharge occurs.
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/2196104
title: Molecular modelling