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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9
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- Max Planck Society
- National Science Foundation Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Award [1830581, 1830858, 1830480, 1830638]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [378496604]
- European Research Council under the European Union [681450, 803676]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1830581, 1830480] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1830638, 1830858] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- European Research Council (ERC) [681450, 803676] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Diet is a crucial trait of an animal's lifestyle and ecology. The use of zinc isotopes (delta Zn-66) can assess trophic levels in extant and extinct sharks. The study reveals that the Neogene megatooth shark and the great white shark occupied a similar trophic level, providing clues to the extinction of the megatooth shark.
Diet is a crucial trait of an animal's lifestyle and ecology. The trophic level of an organism indicates its functional position within an ecosystem and holds significance for its ecology and evolution. Here, we demonstrate the use of zinc isotopes (delta Zn-66) to geochemically assess the trophic level in diverse extant and extinct sharks, including the Neogene megatooth shark (Otodus megalodon) and the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). We reveal that dietary delta Zn-66 signatures are preserved in fossil shark tooth enameloid over deep geologic time and are robust recorders of each species' trophic level. We observe significant delta Zn-66 differences among the Otodus and Carcharodon populations implying dietary shifts throughout the Neogene in both genera. Notably, Early Pliocene sympatric C. carcharias and O. megalodon appear to have occupied a similar mean trophic level, a finding that may hold clues to the extinction of the gigantic Neogene megatooth shark. Here the authors demonstrate the use of zinc isotopes (delta Zn-66) to geochemically assess trophic levels in extant and extinct sharks. They show that the Neogene megatooth shark (Otodus megalodon) and the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) occupied a similar trophic level.
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