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SUBMITTER: Feng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11305383 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Yan Y Song Haijun H Song Hanchen H Wu Yuyang Y Li Xing X Tian Li L Dong Shuaishuai S Lei Yanli Y Clapham Matthew E ME
Science advances 20240807 32
There is a strong relationship between metazoan body size and extinction risk. However, the size selectivity and underlying mechanisms in foraminifera, a common marine protozoa, remain controversial. Here, we found that foraminifera exhibit size-dependent extinction selectivity, favoring larger groups (>7.4 log<sub>10</sub> cubic micrometer) over smaller ones. Foraminifera showed significant size selectivity in the Guadalupian-Lopingian, Permian-Triassic, and Cretaceous-Paleogene extinctions whe ...[more]