Biomechanical stability and sudden change in the evolution of the deep-sea ostracode Poseidonamicus

• Published in: Paleobiology
• Main Author: Benson, Richard H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
• Subjects: Paleontology; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Rho; Antarc*; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300007867; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0094837300007867

Changes in shape and in the pattern of the reticulate carapace ornament of 63 representative female ostracode specimens of the deep-sea genus Poseidonamicus from 28 Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites, extending over a geographic distance of 40,000 miles and a geologic age of 40 × 10 6 yr, have been ana...