Morphological response accompanying size reduction of belemnites during an Early Jurassic hyperthermal event modulated by life history

Abstract One of the most common responses of marine ectotherms to rapid warming is a reduction in body size, but the underlying reasons are unclear. Body size reductions have been documented alongside rapid warming events in the fossil record, such as across the Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundary (PToB...

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Main Authors: Paulina S. Nätscher, Guillaume Dera, Carl J. Reddin, Patrícia Rita, Kenneth De Baets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93850-0