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The Ontogeny of an Ostracodologist

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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Abstract

The context and reasons for the study of ostracodes have changed greatly over the past half-century, as well as how fossil ostracodes are viewed. Their use for the reconstruction of major changes in paleogeography and paleoceanography has been amply demonstrated. Some of the increased importance of ostracodes is due to new exploration via drilling and the discovery of new forms in the floors of sea and ocean basins. Some of it has been made possible by the development of the scanning electron microscope and attention to details in carapace morphology, particularly in mapping patterns of reticulation. The discovery that the shape of the carapace subscribes to architectural restraints of a membrane static-frame used in dome construction has introduced the possibility to describe it in functional and adaptive terms, and those principles are set forth here. [see Chapter 6 for details on the latter]

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 9: Bridging the Gap: Trends in the Ostracode Biological and Geological Sciences , November 2003 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © 2003 by The Paleontological Society 

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