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RE: Ammonoid extinction (was RE: K/T revisited, was: Re: DINOSAUR digest 3382)




> > What about that survive/extinction pattern if we look at the marine
> > biota? Sharks survived, marine reptiles don't.

Well, sea turtles and dyrosaurids did.

And many sharks did go extinct. According to Kriwet and Benton (2004), neoselachian sharks (including rays) suffered a major extinction across the K/T boundary. However, benthopelagic and deep-sea forms were much less affected than those from the open sea, coastal areas or shallow seas.


References

Kriwet, J. and Benton, M.J. (2004). Neoselachian (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) diversity across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 214: 181-194.

Cheers

Tim