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Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks

Otodontids include some of the largest macropredatory sharks that ever lived, the most extreme case being Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon. The reasons underlying their gigantism, distribution patterns and extinction have been classically linked with climatic factors and the evolution, radiation and...

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Autor principal: Ferrón, Humberto G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28938002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185185