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Sci Adv ; 5(4): eaav3875, 2019 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31032408

RESUMO

Evolutionary origins of novel forms are often obscure because early and transitional fossils tend to be rare, poorly preserved, or lack proper phylogenetic contexts. We describe a new, exceptionally preserved enigmatic crab from the mid-Cretaceous of Colombia and the United States, whose completeness illuminates the early disparity of the group and the origins of novel forms. Its large and unprotected compound eyes, small fusiform body, and leg-like mouthparts suggest larval trait retention into adulthood via heterochronic development (pedomorphosis), while its large oar-like legs represent the earliest known adaptations in crabs for active swimming. Our phylogenetic analyses, including representatives of all major lineages of fossil and extant crabs, challenge conventional views of their evolution by revealing multiple convergent losses of a typical "crab-like" body plan since the Early Cretaceous. These parallel morphological transformations may be associated with repeated invasions of novel environments, including the pelagic/necto-benthic zone in this pedomorphic chimera crab.


Assuntos
Artrópodes/anatomia & histologia , Artrópodes/classificação , Evolução Biológica , Fósseis , Adaptação Fisiológica , Animais , Linhagem da Célula , Colômbia , Larva , Filogenia , Natação , Estados Unidos
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J Paleontol ; 71(4): 615-20, 1997.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11541235

RESUMO

A new species of carcineretid crab, Carcineretes planetarius, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Maastrichtian) Barton Creek Dolomite at Albion Island, Belize. The age is based on the stratigraphic range of associated nerineid gastropods and correlation with nannoplankton, benthic foraminifera, and the other known congeneric species of crab found in Jamaica. Confirmation of this age aids in constraining the timing of ejecta deposits of the Chicxulub impact found at the top of Barton Creek Dolomite exposed on Albion Island. Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological analyses suggest that these crabs were swimmers in lagoonal settings, capable of burrowing a few centimeters into the mud for protection.


Assuntos
Braquiúros/classificação , Fósseis , Paleontologia , Animais , Belize , Evolução Biológica , Braquiúros/anatomia & histologia , Fenômenos Geológicos , Geologia
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Science ; 224(4646): 281-3, 1984 Apr 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17734913

RESUMO

Discovery of 11 genera, in five classes within the Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Arthropoda in upper Eocene rocks on Seymour Island, Antarctica, previously known only from Late Cenozoic in mid-latitudes, suggests that the high latitude region of the Southern Hemisphere acted as a center of origin and dispersal for a broad spectrum of taxa. Precursors to modern deep- and shallow-water mid-latitude forms evolved and flourished in the high latitudes until conditions in lower latitudes favored their dispersal. These observations of Antarctic marine invertebrates corroborate those recently made about terrestrial mammals and plants in the Arctic.

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