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Morphological disparity in Ordovician-Devonian crinoids and the early saturation of morphological space

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Mike Foote
Mike Foote*
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Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
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Abstract

It has been argued that many clades originating in the early Paleozoic filled their design space rapidly while still at low taxonomic diversity. Standardization of morphology for analytical purposes facilitates testing of this claim. Here I document evolutionary patterns of morphological disparity in Ordovician-Devonian crinoids, using a set of 75 discrete characters covering the principal features of the crinoid stem, cup, tegmen, and arms. Disparity is measured as the average dissimilarity among species, the range of morphospace occupied, and the number of realized character-state combinations. Comparison with generic richness reveals that the full range of form was essentially attained by the early part of the Caradocian, long before the time of maximal taxonomic diversity. Despite subsequent taxonomic diversification, the variety of crinoid form did not expand appreciably; increased diversity was accommodated by the evolution of variations upon the spectrum of designs established earlier. The data discussed here do not definitively imply specific sources of constraint, but the effective stasis in disparity supports previous arguments that some morphological limits were reached early in crinoid history.

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Paleobiology , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , Summer 1994 , pp. 320 - 344
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