期刊
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
卷 88, 期 -, 页码 55-61出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.008
关键词
Ammonoids; Cretaceous; Sutures; Evolution; Fractal
资金
- Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deportes de Espana [EX2001-33354792]
- Universidad de Malaga, Campus de Excelencia Internacional, Andalucia Tech
A sample of 682 suture lines belonging to 204 Cretaceous planispiral ammonoid genera shows a positive, significant relationship between suture complexity (measured as fractal dimension [Df]) and generic longevity. However, during the Cretaceous there was no increase in the mean fractal dimension. This paradox is due to the evolutionary dynamic during this time span comprising mainly the appearance, disappearance (or anagenetic transformation) of those genera with simpler sutures and, consequently, the maximal values of fractal dimension were more stable in time. These results contrast with (i) the hypothesis that simple morphologies are linked to low ecological specialization and (ii) the idea that the role of natural selection can be unambiguously deduced from stratigraphic ranges. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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