The group is composed of paleontologists of macroinvertebrates and micropaleontologists whose research is dedicated to biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleoceanography applied to selected time-intervals of the Phanerozoic. In particular, the focus of the research group is on: i) brachiopods, ii) cephalopods, iii) bivalves, iv) planktonic foraminifera and v) calcareous nannofossils.
- Biota resilience to global change: biomineralization of planktic and benthic calcifiers in the past, present and future (PRIN 2017RX9XXY). (E.E., L.A., M.R.P., C.B., G.F.)
- Integrated bio-chronostratigraphy and taxonomic revision of Jurassic and Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifera for the development of the Geological Time Scale. (E.E., M.R.P., C.B)
- Morphometric characterization of Mesozoic calcareous nannofossils: implications for taxonomy and paleoceanography. (E.E., C.B., G.F.)
- Lab experiments on living coccolithophorids to assess the response to trace metal contaminants (Progetto Dipartimento di Eccellenza) (E.E., G.F.)
- Stable isotope (C and O) paleoecology of planktonic foraminifera to document the climatic transitions of global warming and cooling during the Cretaceous at low and southern high latitudes. (M.R.P.)
- Development of the Mesozoic Planktonic Foraminifera Database mikrotax.org - a system for web-delivery of taxonomy (http://www.mikrotax.org/pforams/) by revising and updating the taxonomy of planktonic foraminifera. (M.R.P.)
- Completing the Permian System: turbocharging the establishment of the remaining GSSPs (L.A.)
- Strategies of biomineralization in bivalves and brachiopods: from cells to hard tissues function (L.A. and G.C.)
- Brachiopods and mollusks as archives of geochemical proxies of past climate conditions (L.A. and G.C.)