Open AccessMacroevolutionary interplay between planktic larvae and benthic predators: COMMENT: COMMENT
Author(s) -
G. Freeman,
Judith W. Lundelius
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/g22769c.1
Subject(s) - benthic zone , predation , geology , oceanography , paleontology , biology
[Peterson (2005)][1] has hypothesized that planktotrophic larvae originated between the Late Cambrian and Middle Ordovician as a consequence of benthic predation operating on lecithotrophic ancesters. The evidence used to support this viewpoint is based on an extrapolation of larval trophic mode (
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