Shallow Marine Isocrinoids Lasted Longer in Southern Hemisphere

[Oxytropidoceras]

Major shift in marine life occurred 33 million years later 

in the South. British Antarctic Survey, May 17, 2018

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180517081829.htm

 

Fossil find of 33-million-year-old sea lilies in outback WA

challenges major palaeontology theory By Lisa Morrison

University of Western Australia, May 22, 2018

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/sea-lily-fossil/9790656

 

The open access paper is:

 

Rowan J. Whittle, Aaron W. Hunter, David J. Cantrill, and

Kenneth J. McNamara. Globally discordant Isocrinida (Crinoidea) 

migration confirms asynchronous Marine Mesozoic Revolution. 

Communications Biology, 2018; 1 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0048-0

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-018-0048-0

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.