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Fundamentals of Invertebrate PalaeontologyOstracods

Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology: Ostracods [Of all the arthropods, the bivalved tiny ostracods (0.20–2 mm, rarely up to 32 mm in size)Size have the most complete fossil record, extending for about 450 million years (Ma) from the ordovician to the present (Martens 1998, 2008; Siveter et al. 2003; Martens et al. 2003). The ostracods have a wide distribution from intertidal to hadal depths (up to 7000 m), in coastal estuaries and marshes, in most fresh waters, and in a few terrestrial habitats. Besides, the fact that the ostracods thrive in a diverse habitat, their valves also preserve a “snapshot” of the ambient water at the time of shell formation, thus, making them an excellent proxy for accessing changes in the paleoenvironment (see Whatley 1988; Smith and Horne 2002; De Deckker 2002).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Fundamentals of Invertebrate PalaeontologyOstracods

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Springer India
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© Springer Nature India Private Limited 2020
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978-81-322-3960-4
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143 –170
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10.1007/978-81-322-3962-8_8
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[Of all the arthropods, the bivalved tiny ostracods (0.20–2 mm, rarely up to 32 mm in size)Size have the most complete fossil record, extending for about 450 million years (Ma) from the ordovician to the present (Martens 1998, 2008; Siveter et al. 2003; Martens et al. 2003). The ostracods have a wide distribution from intertidal to hadal depths (up to 7000 m), in coastal estuaries and marshes, in most fresh waters, and in a few terrestrial habitats. Besides, the fact that the ostracods thrive in a diverse habitat, their valves also preserve a “snapshot” of the ambient water at the time of shell formation, thus, making them an excellent proxy for accessing changes in the paleoenvironment (see Whatley 1988; Smith and Horne 2002; De Deckker 2002).]

Published: Dec 13, 2019

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