Fluctuations in the body size of marine invertebrates through the Pliensbachian-Toarcian extinction event

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Morten, Simon D ^a   Twitchett, Richard J ^b  

^a University of Plymouth ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Extinction; Lilliput effect; Pliensbachian; Size; Toarcian

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ANOXIA; BEDDING PLANE; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PLIENSBACHIAN; SEAFLOOR; SURVIVAL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TOARCIAN; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CLEVELAND BASIN; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BELEMNOIDEA; BIVALVIA; DACTYLIOCERAS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70449640830     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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