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Title: | Early Cambrian record of failed durophagy and shell repair in an epibenthic mollusc | Contributor(s): | Skovsted, Christian B (author); Brock, Glenn A (author); Lindstrom, Anna (author); Peel, John S (author); Paterson, John Richard (author) ; Fuller, Margaret K (author) | Publication Date: | 2007 | DOI: | 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3575 | Abstract: | Predation is arguably one of the main driving forces of early metazoan evolution, yet the fossil record of predation during the Ediacaran-Early Cambrian transition is relatively poor. Here, we present direct evidence of failed durophagous (shell-breaking) predation and subsequent shell repair in the Early Cambrian (Botoman) epibenthic mollusc Marocella from the Mernmerna Formation and Oraparinna Shale in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. This record pushes back the first appearance of durophagy on molluscs by approximately 40Myr. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Biology Letters, 3(1), p. 314-317 | Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1744-957X 1744-9561 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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