"Fossils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
| Descriptor ID |
D005580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.368.584.311
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2015 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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The axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 09; 121(15):e2316106121.
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Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 20; 121(8):e2306639121.
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Mongolitria: A new Early Cretaceous three-valved seed from Northeast Asia. Am J Bot. 2024 Feb; 111(2):e16268.
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Ecological structure of diversity-dependent diversification in Phanerozoic marine bivalves. Biol Lett. 2024 Jan; 20(1):20230475.
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Derived faunivores are the forerunners of major synapsid radiations. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Nov; 7(11):1903-1913.
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Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal that Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurids exerted relatively greater bite force than in early-diverging tyrannosauroids. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 May; 307(5):1897-1917.
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Bayesian Prediction of Multivariate Ecology from Phenotypic Data Yields New Insights into the Diets of Extant and Extinct Taxa. Am Nat. 2023 08; 202(2):192-215.
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Rarity of molt evidence in early pennaraptoran dinosaurs suggests annual molt evolved later among Neornithes. Commun Biol. 2023 07 03; 6(1):687.
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Cambrian origin but no early burst in functional disparity for Class Bivalvia. Biol Lett. 2023 05; 19(5):20230157.
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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus. Nature. 2023 05; 617(7959):45-54.