Articles | Volume 39, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-39-27-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-39-27-2020
Research article
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12 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2020

Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers

Sophie Kendall, Felix Gradstein, Christopher Jones, Oliver T. Lord, and Daniela N. Schmidt

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Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers S. Kendall, F. Gradstein, C. Jones, O. T. Lord, and D. N. Schmidt https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.908790

Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers S. Kendall, F. Gradstein, C. Jones, O. T. Lord, and D. N. Schmidt https://doi.org/10.5523/bris.1lsl62bxefmsx2rilr389289cw

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Changes in morphology during development can have profound impacts on an organism but are hard to quantify as we lack preservation in the fossil record. As they grow by adding chambers, planktic foraminifera are an ideal group to study changes in growth in development. We analyse four different species of Jurassic foraminifers using a micro-CT scanner. The low morphological variability suggests that strong constraints, described in the modern ocean, were already acting on Jurassic specimens.