Publications

Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains

Cowen, Matthew B.; de Rafélis, Marc; Ségalen, Loïc; Kear, Benjamin P. et al.

Part of PeerJ, 2025

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Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.

Blom, Henning; Vaskaninova, Valeria; Karatajūtė-Talimaa, Valentina; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 2022

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Dental microwear texture analysis on extant and extinct sharks: Ante- or post-mortem tooth wear?

Weber, Katrin; Winkler, Daniela E.; Kaiser, Thomas M.; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021

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Trace and rare earth element compositions of Silurian conodonts from the Vesiku Bone Bed: Histological and palaeoenvironmental implications

Zigaite, Zivile; Qvarnström, Martin; Bancroft, Alyssa; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020

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3D – visualization of vertebrate coprolites through phase contrast synchrotron imaging unravel new aspects of paleoecological relations

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Tafforeau, Paul; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstract book, p. 181, 2017

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Andrée Land of Spitsbergen: Devonian vertebrate diversity and palaeoenvironments

Zigaite, Zivile; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto; Fadel, Alexander; Jeffries, Teresa et al.

2018

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Early vertebrate microremains as proxies to palaeornvironment : rare earth elements ind ermal scale biominerals from the Silurian and Lower Devonian

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexander; Qvarnström, Martin; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Résumés de la 26-eme RST 2018, p. 301-301, 2018

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Vertebrate Microremains From The Pragian, Emsian And Eifelian Of The Prague Basin (Czech Republic)

Mergl, Michal; Vaskaninova, Valeria; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Folia Musei rerum naturalium Bohemiae occidentalis. Geologica et Paleobiologica, p. 1-12, 2017

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δ¹⁸O as Seawater and Palaeoclimate Proxy: Results of in-situ SIMS in Modern Shark and ray Dental Apatite

Zigaite, Zivile; Whitehouse, Martin; Joachimski, Michael M.; Sansom, Ivan

2017

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Les isotopes stables de l’oxygene dans des biominéraux dentaires des vertébrés actuels: différenciation au niveau des tissues et des espèces dans les dents de requins actuels

Zigaite Moro, Zivile; Whitehouse, Martin; Joachimski, Michael M.

2016

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Early vertebrate microremains as proxies to palaeoenvironment: rare earth elements in dermal scale biominerals from the Silurian and Lower Devonian

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexander; Qvarnström, Martin; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Thansactions of the Society of Micropalaeontology, 2016

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Distribution histologique des terres rares (REE) dans des microrestes de vertébrés du Paléozoique Inférieur

Zigaite, Zivile; Jeffries, Teresa; Qvarnström, Martin; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto

2016

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Rare earth elelments (REE) in Palaeozoic palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexander; Jeffries, Teresa; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto

Part of , 2016

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Oxygen isotopes in modern and fossil ecosystems: model and case study overview

Zigaite, Zivile; Whitehouse, Martin; Joachimski, Michael M.; Sansom, Ivan et al.

2016

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Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from the Silurian dental apatite : rare earth element and stable isotope record

Zigaite, Zivile; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa; Joachimski, Michael M. et al.

2015

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Stable oxygen isotopes of dental biomineral : differentiation at the intra- and inter-tissue level of modern shark teeth

Zigaite, Zivile; Whitehouse, Martin; Joachimski, Michael M.; Samsom, Ivan

2015

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Vertebrate Microfossils as Tools in Stratigraphy: A Study of the LowerDevonian Andrée Land Group Spitsbergen

Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto; Goujet, Daniel

Part of Springer Geology, p. 1167-1171, 2014

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Silurian vertebrates from northern Mongolia: diversity, ecology and environment

Zigaite, Zivile; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Joachimski, Michael M.; Jeffries, Teresa

2014

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Palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates

Zigaite, Zivile; Blieck, Alain

Part of Geological Society Memoir, p. 449-460, 2013

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Silurian: The Geology of Central Europe

Verniers, Jacques; Maletz, Jörg; Kriz, Jiri; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of Geological Society Special Publication, p. 249-302, 2008

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Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Tafforeau, Paul; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2017

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Vertebrate coprolites (fossil faeces): An underexplored Konservat-Lagerstatte

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Earth-Science Reviews, p. 44-57, 2016

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Palaeoenvironments revealed by rare-earth element systematics in vertebrate bioapatite from the Lower Devonian of Svalbard

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa et al.

Part of Canadian journal of earth sciences (Print), p. 788-794, 2016

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Palaeobiogeographical significance of Early Silurian thelodonts from central Asia and southern Siberia

Zigaite, Zivile; Blick, Alain

Part of GFF, p. 203-206, 2006

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New genus of Chondrichthyans from the Silurian-Devonian boundary deposits of Tuva (Russia)

Zigaite, Zivile; Karatakute-Talimaa, Valentina

Part of Acta geologica Polonica, p. 127-131, 2008

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Evolutionary palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Zivile, Zigaite; Histon, Kathleen

Estonian Academy Publishers, 2015

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Preface

Histon, Kathleen; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 1-2, 2015

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Oxygen isotope records in fossil bioapatite reveal sothern high-latitude low-temperature environment during the Early Cretaceous

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Benjamin; Tütken, Thomas; Whitehouse, Martin et al.

Part of Résumés dela 24e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 257-257, 2014

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Evolutionary palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Histon, Kathleen; Zigaite, Zivile

Estonian Academy Publishers, 2014

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Rare earth and trace elements of fossil bioapatite as palaeoenvironmental proxies: the Lower Devonian of the Andree Land, Svalbard

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa et al.

Part of Résumés dela 24eRéunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 481-481, 2014

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Rare earth elements (REEs) in vertebrate microremains from the upper Pridoli Ohesaare beds of Saaremaa Island, Estonia: geochemical clues to palaeoenvironment

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 115-120, 2015

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Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from rare earth element (REE) compositions of vertebrate microremains of the Vesiku Bone Bed (Homerian, Wenlock), Saaremaa Island, Estonia

Fadel, Alexandre; Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 36-41, 2015

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Vertebrate microfossils as tool in stratigraphy: a study of the Lower Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Goujet, Daniel

Part of STRATI 2013, p. 1167-1171, 2014

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Rare earth and trace elements in fossil vertebrate biomineral as indicators of palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of 4th Annual Meeting of IGCP 591 The Early to Middle Paleozoic Revolution Estonia, 10-19 June 2014Abstracts & Field Guide, p. 105-105, 2014

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δ ¹⁸O composition of conodont apatite indicates climatic cooling during the middle Pridoli

Zivile, Zigaite; Joachimski, M. M.; Lehnert, O.; Brazauskas, A.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 242-247, 2010

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Stable oxygen isotopes of dental biomineral: differentiation at the intra- and inter-tissue level of modern shark teeth

Zigaite, Zivile; Whitehouse, Martin

Part of GFF, p. 337-340, 2014

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Palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates

Zigaite, Zivile; Blieck, Alain

Part of Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography, p. 449-460, 2013

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Stable isotope compositions in shark dental tissues as a proxy to seawater chemistry

Zigaite, Zivile; Sansom, Ivan; Whitehouse, Martin; Joachimski, Michael M.

Part of The Palaeontological Association Newsletter ISSN 0954-9900, 2013

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Endemic thelodonts (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of central Asia and southern Siberia

Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 123-143, 2013

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Geochemistry of fossilised dental remains - key to palaeobiology and palaeoenvironment.

Zigaite, Zivile; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa; Kear, Benjamin P et al.

Part of GFF, p. 25, 2013

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Geochemistry of dental bioapatite, the key to palaeoclimate

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Benjamin; Joachimski, Michael M.; Tutken, Thomas et al.

Part of Proceedings of the 3rd IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, Lund, Sweden, 9-19 June 2013, p. 361-362, 2013

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Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Zigaite, Zivile; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Goujet, Daniel; Blom, Henning

Part of GFF, p. 57-73, 2013

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Tissue diversity and evolutionary trends of the dermal skeleton of Silurian thelodonts

Zigaite, Zivile; Richter, Martha; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Meredith Smith, Moya

Part of Historical Biology, p. 143-154, 2013

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Stable oxygen isotope compositions in shark enameloid as a proxy to seawater chemistry

Zigaite, Zivile; Sansom, Ivan; Whitehouse, Martin; Boomer, Ian

Part of Proceedings of the 3rd IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, Lund, Sweden, 9-19 June 2013, p. 363-364, 2013

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Do fossil vertebrate biominerals hold the key to Palaeozoic climate?

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Benjamin; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa

p. 75, 2012

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Aspidin or galeaspidin: new early vertebrate histology from the Lower Silurian of Southern Siberia

Zigaite, Zivile; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina

Part of Program and Abstracts, 2011

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REE compositions in fossil vertebrate dental tissues indicate biomineral preservation

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Ben; Pérez-Huerta, P; Jeffries, T, T et al.

Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012

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New thelodont findings from the Lower Devonian Andrée Land Group, Spitsbergen, and their implications for biostratigraphy

Blom, Henning; Zigaite, Zivile

p. 11543, 2012

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Thelodont biostratigraphy indicates the extension of the Lower-Middle Devonian palaeobasin in Svalbard, Norvegian Arctics

Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Goujet, Daniel

Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012

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New observations on the squamation patterns of articulated specimens of Loganellia scotica (Traquair, 1898) (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of Scotland

Zigaite, Zivile; Goujet, Daniel

Part of Geodiversitas, p. 253-270, 2012

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