JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES
The barnacles included in the superfamily Coronuloidea are epizoic symbionts of various marine vertebrates (including cetaceans, sirenians, and sea turtles) and other crustaceans (crabs and horseshoe crabs). Among Coronuloidea, the so-called turtle barnacles (Chelonibiidae) are known from Paleogene...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8fe45d0138894139b8b779a138bc1329 2023-08-27T04:08:38+02:00 JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES ALBERTO COLLARETA MARK BOSSELAERS GIOVANNI BIANUCCI 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7229 https://doaj.org/article/8fe45d0138894139b8b779a138bc1329 EN eng Milano University Press https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7229 https://doaj.org/toc/0035-6883 https://doaj.org/toc/2039-4942 0035-6883 2039-4942 doi:10.13130/2039-4942/7229 https://doaj.org/article/8fe45d0138894139b8b779a138bc1329 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 122, Iss 2 (2016) Chelonibiidae Turtle barnacles Coronulidae whale barnacles baleen whales evolution symbiosis taphonomy Geology QE1-996.5 Paleontology QE701-760 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7229 2023-08-06T00:46:59Z The barnacles included in the superfamily Coronuloidea are epizoic symbionts of various marine vertebrates (including cetaceans, sirenians, and sea turtles) and other crustaceans (crabs and horseshoe crabs). Among Coronuloidea, the so-called turtle barnacles (Chelonibiidae) are known from Paleogene times, whereas the whale barnacles (Coronulidae) likely appeared in the late Pliocene (Piacenzian). Although a derivation from the turtle barnacles (and especially from the genus Chelonibia) has been proposed, the evolutionary origin of Coronulidae remains to date obscure. In this work we reappraise a fossil record from upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) marine deposits at Casenuove (Empoli municipality, Tuscany, Italy) comprising various shells of Chelonibia testudinaria associated to a partial skeleton of a balaenid mysticete. Based on taphonomic and morpho-functional considerations, we discuss the hypothesis that the barnacles were hosted on the baleen whale, possibly on its callosities, which could have represented an analogous of the horny carapace of marine turtles. This record strongly suggests that the baleen whales can be added to the list of the possible hosts of the barnacles of the genus Chelonibia, thus hinting that the whale barnacles may have evolved from an ancient phase of dispersal of Chelonibia (or a similar ancestor) on mysticete cetaceans. Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whale baleen whales Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Chelonibiidae Turtle barnacles Coronulidae whale barnacles baleen whales evolution symbiosis taphonomy Geology QE1-996.5 Paleontology QE701-760 ALBERTO COLLARETA MARK BOSSELAERS GIOVANNI BIANUCCI JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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The barnacles included in the superfamily Coronuloidea are epizoic symbionts of various marine vertebrates (including cetaceans, sirenians, and sea turtles) and other crustaceans (crabs and horseshoe crabs). Among Coronuloidea, the so-called turtle barnacles (Chelonibiidae) are known from Paleogene times, whereas the whale barnacles (Coronulidae) likely appeared in the late Pliocene (Piacenzian). Although a derivation from the turtle barnacles (and especially from the genus Chelonibia) has been proposed, the evolutionary origin of Coronulidae remains to date obscure. In this work we reappraise a fossil record from upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) marine deposits at Casenuove (Empoli municipality, Tuscany, Italy) comprising various shells of Chelonibia testudinaria associated to a partial skeleton of a balaenid mysticete. Based on taphonomic and morpho-functional considerations, we discuss the hypothesis that the barnacles were hosted on the baleen whale, possibly on its callosities, which could have represented an analogous of the horny carapace of marine turtles. This record strongly suggests that the baleen whales can be added to the list of the possible hosts of the barnacles of the genus Chelonibia, thus hinting that the whale barnacles may have evolved from an ancient phase of dispersal of Chelonibia (or a similar ancestor) on mysticete cetaceans. |
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ALBERTO COLLARETA MARK BOSSELAERS GIOVANNI BIANUCCI |
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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JUMPING FROM TURTLES TO WHALES: A PLIOCENE FOSSIL RECORD DEPICTS AN ANCIENT DISPERSAL OF CHELONIBIA ON MYSTICETES |
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jumping from turtles to whales: a pliocene fossil record depicts an ancient dispersal of chelonibia on mysticetes |
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https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/7229 https://doaj.org/article/8fe45d0138894139b8b779a138bc1329 |
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 122, Iss 2 (2016) |
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