Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity
Abstract The positive correlation between speciation rates and morphological evolution expressed by body size is a macroevolutionary trait of vertebrates. Although taxic diversification and morphological evolution are slow in coelacanths, their fossil record indicates that large and small species co...
Main Authors: | Lionel Cavin, André Piuz, Christophe Ferrante, Guillaume Guinot |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2021-06-01
|
Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5 |
Similar Items
-
The last known freshwater coelacanths: New Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Southern France.
by: Lionel Cavin, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01) -
Coelacanths as 'almost living fossils’
by: Lionel eCavin, et al.
Published: (2014-08-01) -
Correction: The Giant Cretaceous Coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and Its Bearing on Latimerioidei Interrelationships.
by: Hugo Dutel, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01) -
The giant cretaceous Coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and its bearing on Latimerioidei interrelationships.
by: Hugo Dutel, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Correction: The Giant Cretaceous Coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and Its Bearing on Latimerioidei Interrelationships
by: Hugo Dutel, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01)