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| Payne, Jonathan L.; Groves, John R.; Jost, Adam B.; Thienan Nguyen,; Moffitt, Sarah E.; Hill, Tessa M.; Skotheim, Jan M.. |
| Atmospheric hyperoxia, with pO2 in excess of 30%, has long been hypothesized to account for late Paleozoic (360250 million years ago) gigantism in numerous higher taxa. However, this hypothesis has not been evaluated statistically because comprehensive size data have not been compiled previously at sufficient temporal resolution to permit quantitative analysis. In this study, we test the hyperoxia-gigantism hypothesis by examining the fossil record of fusulinoidean foraminifers, a dramatic example of protistan gigantism with some individuals exceeding 10 cm in length and exceeding their relatives by six orders of magnitude in biovolume. We assembled and examined comprehensive regional and global, species-level datasets containing 270 and 1823 species,... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Body size; Carboniferous; Cope's Rule; Foraminifera; Oxygen; Permian. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00265/37626/35865.pdf |
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