Animal behavior frozen in time: gregarious behavior of Early Jurassic lobsters within an ammonoid body chamber.

Direct animal behavior can be inferred from the fossil record only in exceptional circumstances. The exceptional mode of preservation of ammonoid shells in the Posidonia Shale (Lower Jurassic, lower Toarcian) of Dotternhausen in southern Germany, with only the organic periostracum preserved, provide...

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Main Authors: Adiël A Klompmaker, René H B Fraaije
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/afcdcd79f0ab45da8c9d563a400b587a
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