Early Triassic-Early Jurassic Bivalve Diversity Dynamics

Bivalves are a highly diversified molluscan class, with a long history dating from early Cambrian times (Cope, 2000). Although the group already showed a steady diversification trend during the Paleozoic, it only became highly successful and expanded rapidly from the Mesozoic onward. The Triassic wa...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Ros Franch, Sonia, Renzi, Miquel de, Damborenea, Susana Ester, Márquez Aliaga, Ana
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/97647
Acesso em linha:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97647
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias Naturales
Bivalvia
Triassic
Jurassic
Diversity dynamics
Descrição
Resumo:Bivalves are a highly diversified molluscan class, with a long history dating from early Cambrian times (Cope, 2000). Although the group already showed a steady diversification trend during the Paleozoic, it only became highly successful and expanded rapidly from the Mesozoic onward. The Triassic was, for bivalves, first a recovery period and later a biotic diversification event. It was also the time bivalves first fully exploited their evolutionary novelties.