New depth limit for deep-sea marine burrows
University of Leeds, January 10, 2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110080549.htm
“Scientists have found fossil evidence of deep-sea
marine life burrowing up to eight meters below
the seabed -- four times the previously observed
depth for modern deep-sea life.”
Ancient outcrops give new depth limit for deep-sea burrows
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4165/ancient_outcrops_give_new_depth_limit_for_deep-sea_burrows
The paper is:
S. L. Cobain, D. M. Hodgson, J. Peakall, P. B. Wignall,
M. R. D. Cobain. A new macrofaunal limit in the deep
biosphere revealed by extreme burrow depths in
ancient sediments. Scientific Reports, 2018; 8 (1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18481-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18481-w
Yours,
Paul H.