Occupancy history influences extinction risk of fossil marine microplankton groups

Smith, Isaiah E.; Kocsis, Ádám T.; Kiessling, Wolfgang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3503-2025

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Occupancy history influences extinction risk of fossil marine microplankton groups

Isaiah E. Smith, Ádám T. Kocsis, and Wolfgang Kiessling

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This contribution uses occurrences of four major marine microplankton groups from a large paleontological database to test the hypothesis that changes in geographic range of a species predict extinction. The authors demonstrated that changes in geographic range are a dominant predictor of extinction risk in marine plankton. This result highlights the vulnerability of different plankton groups to extinction and shows the importance of paleontological observations for predicting extinction patterns in modern species.