| Abstract: | Age-dependent extinction is an observation with important biological implications. Van Valen‘s Red Queen hypothesis triggered three decades of research testing its primary implication: that age is independent of extinction. In contrast to this, later studies with species-level data have indicated the possible presence of age dependence. Since the formulation of the Red Queen hypothesis, more powerful tests of survivorship models have been developed. This is the first report of the application of the Cox Proportional Hazards model to paleontological data. Planktonic foraminiferal morphospecies allow the taxonomic and precise stratigraphic resolution necessary for the Cox model. As a whole, planktonic foraminiferal morphospecies clearly show age-dependent extinction. In particular, the effect is attributable to the presence of shorter-ranged species (range < 4 myr) following extinction events. These shorter-ranged species also possess tests with unique morphological architecture. The morphological differences are probably epiphenomena of underlying developmental and heterochronic processes of shorter-ranged species that survived various extinction events. Extinction survivors carry developmental and morphological characteristics into postextinction recovery times, and this sets them apart from species populations established independently of extinction events. Copyright ?? 2006, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). |
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| Citation Author: | Doran, N. A.; Arnold, A. J.; Parker, W. C.; Huffer, F. W. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Palaios |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Is extinction age dependent?; 2006; Article; Journal; Palaios; Doran, N. A.; Arnold, A. J.; Parker, W. C.; Huffer, F. W. |
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| Citation Volume: | 21 |
| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | Is extinction age dependent?; 2006; Article; Journal; Palaios; Doran, N. A.; Arnold, A. J.; Parker, W. C.; Huffer, F. W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2006.p06-055r |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00 -0600 |
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