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A Biomechanical Theory of Ostracode Carapace Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Richard H. Benson
Richard H. Benson*
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Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 USA
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Of the 50 thousand or more species descriptions that exist in my reference library, there is very little change over 130 years in the basic vocabulary used to describe the shape or the ornament of the ostracode valves. Although there have been some modifications (Sylvester-Bradley and Benson, 1971) following the availability of the SEM, arguably the most important change in ostracodology will come when we are able to describe the outside form of the carapace in functional terms, as we do the inside. It is here where the future of learning about their adaptive history lies (Benson, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983).

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 9: Bridging the Gap: Trends in the Ostracode Biological and Geological Sciences , November 2003 , pp. 89 - 100
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Copyright © 2003 by The Paleontological Society 

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