Facultative monogamy in an early Eocene brooding oyster and its evolutionary implications

Dwarf males of Ostrea jibananandai sp. nov. from the lower Eocene rocks of the Cambay Basin, western India, are found attached inside the anterior end of the hinge of large females. Commonly, one male is found inside a female shell. Equivalent associations are known in the extant oyster Ostrea puelc...

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Autors principals: Kalyan Halder, Aniket Mitra
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2021-09-01
Col·lecció:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Accés en línia:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008632020.pdf