Effectiveness of small size against drilling predation: Insights from lower Miocene faunal assemblage of Quilon Limestone, India
| Autor: | Debarati Chattopadhyay, Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Venu Gopal Srinivasa Kella |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010506 paleontology
Ecology Fauna Paleontology Drilling Structural basin 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Oceanography 01 natural sciences Predation Benthos Macrobenthos Microfauna Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Faunal assemblage |
| Zdroj: | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 551:109742 |
| ISSN: | 0031-0182 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109742 |
| Popis: | The nature of drilling predation, although well documented for molluscan fossils, is understudied for micromolluscs ( Microbenthos of the Quilon Limestone shows a lower predation intensity in comparison to the Miocene macrobenthos worldwide including coeval formations of the Kutch Basin. The interaction in the microbenthos is more strongly size-dependent in contrast to the Kutch fauna. Reduced predation intensity in the microfauna and the existence of “negative size refugia” support the claim of micromorphy acting as a defense mechanism and highlights the role of size-dependent predation in marine benthos. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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