Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes)

Nursery areas are fundamental for the success of many marine species, particularly for large, slow-growing taxa with low fecundity and high age of maturity. Here, we examine the population size-class structure of the extinct gigantic shark Otodus megalodon in a newly described middle Miocene localit...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Herraiz, Jose L., Ribé, Joan, Botella, Héctor, Martínez-Pérez, Carlos, Ferrón, Humberto G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2020
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Palaeontology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728678/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33232650
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746
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