DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.009
论文题名: The effect of spines of a Devonian productide brachiopod on durophagous predation
作者: Johnsen S.A.L. ; Ahmed M. ; Leighton L.R.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2013
卷: 375 起始页码: 30
结束页码: 37
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Brachiopoda
; Crushing predation
; Defense
; Devonoproductus
; Douvillina
; Frasnian
; Iowa
; Size-refuge
英文摘要: Spines may serve a number of different functions in brachiopods. This study examines the hypothesis that spines aided survival in spinose brachiopods by increasing effective size and thus allowing the brachiopods to enter a size refuge from durophagous predators at an earlier stage in development. We tested this hypothesis by comparing two similar strophomenates, Devonoproductus walcotti and Douvillina arcuata, which mainly differ in that De. walcotti has spines and Do. arcuata has no spines. Examination of repair scar frequencies of the two species at different size classes demonstrated that De. walcotti had a peak and subsequent decline in repair scar frequency at a smaller body size than Do. arcuata, indicating that De. walcotti entered a size refuge from predators at an earlier stage than Do. arcuata. This is the first study to test and document an example of productide spine functioning as a defense against crushing predators. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/69781
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作者单位: Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Johnsen S.A.L.,Ahmed M.,Leighton L.R.. The effect of spines of a Devonian productide brachiopod on durophagous predation[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2013-01-01,375