Another lesson from beautiful monsters: the case of 'sex reversals' in the Ammonoidea and their significance
Abstract Background Expression of sexual dimorphism is recognised in various fossil groups of molluscs such as the Ammonoidea, an extinct group of shelled cephalopods. During the Mesozoic, the best-documented sexual dimorphic examples are seen in the Jurassic superfamily Perisphinctoidea. It is usua...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01857-y |