Counting calories in the fossil record: How the biology of our modern ocean evolved
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 14:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Why did the ancestors of clams and oysters flourish after one of the worst mass extinctions in Earth's history while another class of shelled creatures, the brachiopods, sharply decline? By using fossils to calculate the food intake of both groups, scientists are one step closer to solving one of paleontology's great mysteries and providing clues about how the biology of our modern ocean evolved.