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When placoderms go extinct, crinoids get bigger

Started by Halichoeres, July 02, 2018, 02:53:02 PM

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July 02, 2018, 02:53:02 PM
Crinoids got bigger after the end-Devonian extinction, which probably had to do with both increased productivity and the extinction of placoderms, many of which ate them. Not terribly surprising, but a cool confirmation of what you'd predict based on ecological first principles.

Open access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27986-x
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