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The colonization of the oceans by calcifying pelagic algae
Baptiste Suchéras-Marx
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE,
Aix-en-Provence, France
Emanuela Mattioli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Université de Lyon, UCBL, ENSL, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 69622
Villeurbanne, France
Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
Pascal Allemand
Université de Lyon, UCBL, ENSL, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 69622
Villeurbanne, France
Fabienne Giraud
Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR,
ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
Bernard Pittet
Université de Lyon, UCBL, ENSL, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 69622
Villeurbanne, France
Julien Plancq
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow,
Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Gilles Escarguel
Université de Lyon, UMR 5023 LEHNA, UCBL, CNRS, ENTPE, 69622
Villeurbanne, France
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Short summary
Calcareous nannoplankton are photosynthetic plankton producing micrometric calcite platelets having a fossil record covering the past 200 Myr. Based on species richness, platelets size and abundance we observed four evolution phases through time: Jurassic–Early Cretaceous invasion phase of the open ocean, Early Cretaceous–K–Pg extinction specialization phase to the ecological niches, post-K–Pg mass extinction recovery and Eocene–Neogene establishment phase with domination of a few small species.
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