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Title: | Fossil isopods associated with a fish skeleton from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia - direct evidence of a scavenging lifestyle in Mesozoic Cymothoida | Contributor(s): | Wilson, GDF (author); Paterson, John R (author) ; Kear, BP (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01095.x | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9528 | Abstract: | A dense assemblage of fossil isopod crustaceans ('Brunnaega tomhurleyi' Wilson, sp. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia, has been found within the carcass of a large actinopterygian fish, 'Pachyrhizodus marathonensis' (Etheridge). Preservation of fine anatomical details supports referral to the genus 'Brunnaega' Polz, which is herein reassigned to the family Cirolanidae. Furthermore, placement of this taxon within the cirolanid subfamily Conilerinae Kensley and Schotte is significant because the group includes modern species that are well known as voracious scavengers. This isopod-fish association represents the oldest unequivocal evidence of scavenging by Mesozoic cymothoidean isopods on a large vertebrate carcass. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Palaeontology, 54(5), p. 1053-1068 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1475-4983 0031-0239 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060206 Palaeoecology 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy 040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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