Crustacean biodiversity through the marine fossil record
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Approximately 2,600 genera of marine crustaceans have been recognized in the fossil record, and crustaceans constitute the major component of marine arthropod diversity from the mid- Paleozoic to the Recent. Despite problems of sporadic fossil preservation and/or taxonomic ambiguity, some general statements can be made about the history of crustacean biodiversity, based on global taxonomic data bases. Ostracodes were the first major group to radiate, attaining high diversity during the Ordovician Period with other members of the Paleozoic evolutionary fauna; rates of extinction and responses to mass extinctions were also similar to those of groups within the Paleozoic fauna. Malacostracans and barnacles (cirripedes), the two other crustacean groups with important fossil records, had minor diversity throughout the Paleozoic Era. Both groups experienced diversification from the mid-Mesozoic to Recent with lower extinction rates, as characteristic members of the Modern evolutionary fauna.
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Although the exact causes and mechanisms remain unknown, most mass extinctions have been linked to rapid changes in climate.
“Although the exact causes and mechanisms remain unknown, most have been linked to rapid changes in climate (Table 3; Benton, 1995; Sepkoski, 2000; Bambach et al., 2004).”
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Trends in the diversity of macroscopic fossils tend to indicate that their total biodiversity has increased over the course of geological time, as exemplified by the Sepkoski curve.
“Trends in the diversity of macroscopic fossils tend to indicate that their total biodiversity has increased over the course of geological time, as exemplified by the Sepkoski curve, which was compiled from an exhaustive survey of paleontological literature on marine organisms (Sepkoski, 1982, 1992, 2000).”
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- Authors
- Sepkoski, J. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sepkoski, J. John
- Venue
- Contributions to Zoology
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 213-222
- ISSN
- 0067-8546 (ISSN-L)
- 1383-4517
- 1875-9866
- OpenAlex
- W785741355
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 0.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- The Digital Academic Repository of Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- The Digital Academic Repository of Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Keywords
- marine crustaceans, fossil record, biodiversity history, Ostracoda, Malacostraca, cirripedes, barnacles, diversification, extinction rates, mass extinction, Ordovician radiation
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