Planktic propagules as a potential long-distance dispersal mechanism of Cretaceous serial rotaliid benthic foraminifera
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.012
Abstract: Abstract Conventionally, foraminifera were divided into two separate planktic and benthic taxonomic groups. However, more recent molecular studies call this paradigm into question, showing that mode of life of foraminifera is not diagnostic of their… read more here.
Keywords: mode life; foraminifera; dispersal mechanism; benthic foraminifera ... See more keywords
Skeletal microstructure of uintacrinoid crinoids and inferences about their mode of life
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.012
Abstract: Uintacrinoids (Uintacrinoidea) are among the most bizarre of all the crinoids. These stratigraphically important Late Cretaceous crinoids are characterized by an atypical large stalkless globular cup without cirriferous centrodorsal and extremely long arms. Owing to… read more here.
Keywords: galleried stereom; skeletal microstructure; microstructure uintacrinoid; mode life ... See more keywords
Microanatomy of the stem-turtle Pappochelys rosinae indicates a predominantly fossorial mode of life and clarifies early steps in the evolution of the shell
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46762-z
Abstract: Unlike any other tetrapod, turtles form their dorsal bony shell (carapace) not from osteoderms, but by contribution of the ribs and vertebrae that expand into the dermis to form plate-like shell components. Although this was… read more here.
Keywords: pappochelys; microanatomy; mode life; fossorial mode ... See more keywords