Renewal of planktonic foraminifera diversity after the Cretaceous Paleogene mass extinction by benthic colonizers

Planktonic foraminifera are key to understanding paleoclimate and plankton evolution, but their origins are unclear. Here, the authors use a molecular clock to suggest that benthic foraminifera dispersed in plankton and renew planktonic foraminifera diversity after the Cretaceous Paleogene mass exti...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Raphaël Morard, Christiane Hassenrück, Mattia Greco, Antonio Fernandez-Guerra, Sylvain Rigaud, Christophe J. Douady, Michal Kucera
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Science
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Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34794-5
https://doaj.org/article/e550f7976aac49f2b4f525e33a14421f
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Summary:Planktonic foraminifera are key to understanding paleoclimate and plankton evolution, but their origins are unclear. Here, the authors use a molecular clock to suggest that benthic foraminifera dispersed in plankton and renew planktonic foraminifera diversity after the Cretaceous Paleogene mass extinction.

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