NEWS

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StratPal 0.7.1 (2025-12-06)

• fix documentation and data

StratPal 0.7.0 (2025-11-24)

• added vignette with platform figures

• updated example data to CarboKitten.jl

• strat_filter for simple stratigraphic filtering in the time domain

• construction of char_mat for character matrices associated with positional data (time / height)

• taphonomic effects of char_mat via apply_taphonomy.char_mat that is associative with event type/fossils

StratPal 0.6.0 (2025-08-27)

• Add wrappers last_occ and range_offset to determine position/timing of last occurrences & biostratigraphic precision as a function of taphonomy, ecology, abundance, and stratigraphy.

StratPal 0.5.0 (2025-05-21)

• Expand integration with the FossilSim package

StratPal 0.4.0 (2025-03-27)

• Convenience functions discrete_niche and discrete_gradient for defining niches from discrete categories

• Integration with the FossilSim package, specifically transformation of fossils objects

StratPal 0.3.1 (2025-02-20)

• Update citation info and vignettes after publication of manuscript

StratPal 0.3.0 (2024-11-21)

• bug fix for apply_niche and apply_taphonomy for pre_paleoTS format

• plotting for pre_paleoTS fixed

StratPal 0.2.0 (2024-10-04)

• introduce S3 class pre_paleoTS with simulation procedures for trait evolution on specimen level

• add reduce_to_paleoTS to reduce pre_paleoTS to paleoTS format for linking withpaleoTS package

• add niche modeling and taphonomic effects for pre_paleoTS via dispatch of apply_niche and apply_taphonomy

• add more tests

• add input checks

StratPal 0.1.1 (2024-08-23)

• add citation and DOI

StratPal 0.1.0

• add simulation of point processes (constant and variable rate Poisson point processes)

• rejections sampling as basis for point processes

• thinning functionality for point processes

• simulations of basic modes of evolution (stasis, random walk, OU)

• basic niche modeling

• add example data