Life in a temperate Polar sea: a unique taphonomic window on the structure of a Late Cretaceous Arctic marine ecosystem

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Chin, Karen, Bloch, John, Sweet, Arthur, Tweet, Justin, Eberle, Jaelyn, Cumbaa, Stephen, Witkowski, Jakub, Harwood, David
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2008
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Canada; Devon Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605819; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18713718; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0801

As the earth faces a warming climate, the rock record reminds us that comparable climatic scenarios have occurred before. In the Late Cretaceous, Arctic marine organisms were not subject to frigid temperatures but still contended with seasonal extremes in photoperiod. Here, we describe an unusual fo...