Underwood, Charlie J. (1998) Population structure of graptolite assemblages. Lethaia 31 , pp. 33-41.
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Abstract
Graptolite rhabdosomes display a diverse suite of morphologies. The range of morphotypes present within most moderate to high diversity assemblages from the Ordovician and Silurian is similar, despite the different taxonomic composition of the faunas at different times. Survivorship analyses of graptolite faunas from the Ordovician and Silurian demonstrate strong similarities in the mortality rates of unrelated graptolites of similar functional morphology. It also shows a strong correlation of decreasing mortality rates amongst more mature colonies with increasing rhabdosome complexity. This similarity in both functional morphology and life history of graptolites suggests that they lived within a very stable planktic community structure.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Graptolites, ontogeny, palaeoecology, populations, survivorship. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Charles Underwood |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2025 06:51 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/110 |
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