Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene

Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene

A new fossil of a vampire squid bridges a 120 million-year gap in their fossil record. Vampire squid today are adapted to low oxygen, deep sea environments and this new specimen provides evidence that the deep sea specialisation of vampire squid may have been triggered during the development of oxyg...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Košťák, Ján Schlögl, Dirk Fuchs, Katarína Holcová, Natalia Hudáčková, Adam Culka, István Fözy, Adam Tomašových, Rastislav Milovský, Juraj Šurka, Martin Mazuch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0
id doaj-d13c1caec0a744d5899b03b100af2fc7
record_format Article
spelling doaj-d13c1caec0a744d5899b03b100af2fc72021-02-21T12:27:35ZengNature Publishing GroupCommunications Biology2399-36422021-02-014111310.1038/s42003-021-01714-0Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the OligoceneMartin Košťák0Ján Schlögl1Dirk Fuchs2Katarína Holcová3Natalia Hudáčková4Adam Culka5István Fözy6Adam Tomašových7Rastislav Milovský8Juraj Šurka9Martin Mazuch10Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles UniversityDepartment of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolinaSNSB-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und GeologieInstitute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles UniversityDepartment of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolinaInstitute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral resources, Faculty of Science, Charles UniversityDepartment of Palaeontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History MuseumEarth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of SciencesEarth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of SciencesEarth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of SciencesInstitute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles UniversityA new fossil of a vampire squid bridges a 120 million-year gap in their fossil record. Vampire squid today are adapted to low oxygen, deep sea environments and this new specimen provides evidence that the deep sea specialisation of vampire squid may have been triggered during the development of oxygen minimum zones in the oceans during the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Martin Košťák
Ján Schlögl
Dirk Fuchs
Katarína Holcová
Natalia Hudáčková
Adam Culka
István Fözy
Adam Tomašových
Rastislav Milovský
Juraj Šurka
Martin Mazuch
spellingShingle Martin Košťák
Ján Schlögl
Dirk Fuchs
Katarína Holcová
Natalia Hudáčková
Adam Culka
István Fözy
Adam Tomašových
Rastislav Milovský
Juraj Šurka
Martin Mazuch
Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
Communications Biology
author_facet Martin Košťák
Ján Schlögl
Dirk Fuchs
Katarína Holcová
Natalia Hudáčková
Adam Culka
István Fözy
Adam Tomašových
Rastislav Milovský
Juraj Šurka
Martin Mazuch
author_sort Martin Košťák
title Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
title_short Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
title_full Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
title_fullStr Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
title_full_unstemmed Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene
title_sort fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the oligocene
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Communications Biology
issn 2399-3642
publishDate 2021-02-01
description A new fossil of a vampire squid bridges a 120 million-year gap in their fossil record. Vampire squid today are adapted to low oxygen, deep sea environments and this new specimen provides evidence that the deep sea specialisation of vampire squid may have been triggered during the development of oxygen minimum zones in the oceans during the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0
work_keys_str_mv AT martinkostak fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT janschlogl fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT dirkfuchs fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT katarinaholcova fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT nataliahudackova fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT adamculka fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT istvanfozy fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT adamtomasovych fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT rastislavmilovsky fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT jurajsurka fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
AT martinmazuch fossilevidenceforvampiresquidinhabitingoxygendepletedoceanzonessinceatleasttheoligocene
_version_ 1724258085037408256

Similar Items