"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 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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Early-middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids. Nat Commun. 2024 Dec 17; 15(1):10346.
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Paleoinspired robotics as an experimental approach to the history of life. Sci Robot. 2024 Oct 23; 9(95):eadn1125.
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New enantiornithine diversity in the Hell Creek Formation and the functional morphology of the avisaurid tarsometatarsus. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0310686.
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The enigmatic Triassic ovulate reproductive structures of Dordrechtites are recurved cupules fundamentally comparable to the cupules of Doylea and similar plants. New Phytol. 2024 Dec; 244(5):2089-2100.
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Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet. Curr Biol. 2024 Oct 07; 34(19):4559-4566.e1.
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Estimates of late Early Cretaceous atmospheric CO2 from Mongolia based on stomatal and isotopic analysis of Pseudotorellia. Am J Bot. 2024 Jul; 111(7):e16376.
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Origins of mammalian vertebral function revealed through digital bending experiments. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 Jul; 291(2026):20240820.
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Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult. Biol Lett. 2024 Jun; 20(7):20240106.
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Charting the course of pinniped evolution: insights from molecular phylogeny and fossil record integration. Evolution. 2024 Jul 01; 78(7):1212-1226.
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The axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 09; 121(15):e2316106121.