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Recognising moulting behaviour in trilobites by examining morphology, development and preservation: Comment on Błażejowski et al. 2015.
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- Evidence for cryptic molting behavior in the trilobite Toxochasmops vormsiensis from the Upper Ordovician Katian Kõrgessaare Formation, Estonia.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2024Article
- Rapid growth in a large Cambrian apex predator.National science review · 2024Article
- Five new malformed trilobites from Cambrian and Ordovician deposits from the Natural History Museum.PeerJ · 2023Article
- Moulting behaviour in the trilobitePeerJ · 2023Article
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- Injuries and molting interference in a trilobite from the Cambrian (Furongian) of South China.PeerJ · 2021Article
- Ecdysis in a stem-group euarthropod from the early Cambrian of China.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
A 365 million year-old trilobite moult-carcass assemblage was described by Błażejowski et al. (2015) as the oldest direct evidence of moulting in the arthropod fossil record. Unfortunately, their suppositions are insufficiently supported by the data provided. Instead, the morphology, configuration and preservational context of the highly fossiliferous locality (Kowala Quarry, Poland) suggest that the specimen consists of two overlapping, queued carcasses. The wider fossil record of moulting actually extends back 520 million years, providing an unparalleled opportunity to study behaviour, ecology and development in early animals. Taking cues from modern analogues, it is possible to quantify precise details about moulting behaviour to determine broad-scale evolutionary trends, ontogenetic sequences and morphological selection pressures. In this review, we argue that this rich source of data has been underused in evolutionary studies, though has great potential for investigating the life history and evolution of arthropods in deep time.
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