Early Cambrian record of failed durophagy and shell repair in an epibenthic mollusc

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-317

  Skovsted, Christian B ^a,b   Brock, Glenn A ^a   Lindström, Anna ^c   Peel, John S ^b   Paterson, John R ^d   Fuller, Margaret K ^e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Durophagy; Early Cambrian; Mollusca; Predation; South Australia

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOWER CAMBRIAN; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

METAZOA; MOLLUSCA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; FOSSILS; MOLLUSCA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38449115374     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0006     Document Type: Article

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