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Phylogeochemistry: exploring evolutionary constraints on belemnite rostrum element composition
Institute of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44799 Bochum, Germany
Kevin Stevens
Institute of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44799 Bochum, Germany
René Hoffmann
Institute of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44799 Bochum, Germany
Adrian Immenhauser
Institute of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44799 Bochum, Germany
Fraunhofer IEG (Fraunhofer Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems), Am Hochschulcampus 1, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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The manuscript by Pohle and Co-Workers describes an innovative approach for reconstructing patterns of geochemical data across evolutionary trees of life. The authors combine geochemical information with phylogenetic methods in a way that is new, provocative, and has the potential to open up a new sub-field concerning similar types of analyses on other groups of carbonate-producing organisms.
The manuscript by Pohle and Co-Workers describes an innovative approach for reconstructing...
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Belemnite rostrum geochemistry is used as a proxy in palaeoceanography. Evolutionary patterns in element ratios (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Mn/Ca, and Fe/Ca) from belemnite rostra based on a literature dataset are assessed. These proxy data reflect a complex interplay between evolutionary, ontogenetic, environmental, kinetic, and diagenetic effects. We coin the new term “phylogeochemistry” for this interdisciplinary research field.
Belemnite rostrum geochemistry is used as a proxy in palaeoceanography. Evolutionary patterns in...
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