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Before Giant Plankton-Feeding Sharks, there were Giant Plankton-Feeding Sharks.

Douglas Long September 11, 2015 basking shark Cretaceous evolution filter-feeding fossil manta ray megamouth shark Paleontology plankton Pseudomegachasma sandtiger shark shark teeth whale shark

In the fossil history of sharks, a unique evolutionary experiment happened much earlier than anyone thought. The largest fishes in the oceans feed on some…

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Of eyes and sex in lizardfishes

Dr. M October 20, 2010 adaptation Cretaceous deep sea evolution hermaphrodite Jurassic lizardfish

145 million years ago, in the Cretaceous, the air was warm and the seas were high and rum flowed freely. On land, mammals were oppressed under dinosaur…

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The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna

Dr. M October 5, 2009 anoxic Antarctica biogeography bivalve Cenozoic circulation climate chagne Coral Cretaceous deep sea density echinoderms echinoids Eocene evolution extinction foram Gastropod global thermohaline circulation hypoxia isopod Miocene oceanography octopod Oligocene origination oxygen Paleobiology Paleocene Salinity Temperature Triassic

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the…

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100 Million Year Old Giant Sperm

Dr. M July 13, 2009 Cretaceous Crustacea female intercourse male ostracode Paleobiology Reproduction sex sperm

Barnacles may have big penises but ostracodes of the superfamily Cypridoidea have giant sperm. Ostracode range are mostly near a millimeter but sperm range from…

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