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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0 |