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Predation on Recent and Fossil Echinoids

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Predator—Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 20))

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Predator-prey interactions in marine ecosystems are documented in the fossil record by drill holes, repair scars, tooth marks and other structural damage left by durophagous (“hard-eating”) predators on skeletons of their prey. Previous paleoecological research focused primarily on benthic mollusks (e.g., Vermeij, 1977, 1983, 1987; Vermeij et al., 1980, 1981; Kitchell et al. 1981; Kitchell, 1986; Kelley and Hansen, 1993; Kowalewski et al., 1998; Dietl et al., 2000; Hoffmeister and Kowalewski, 2001; and numerous references therein). Other groups that received considerable treatment include brachiopods (e.g., Sheehan and Lesperance, 1978; Alexander, 1981, 1986, 1990; Smith et al., 1985; Baumiller et al., 1999; Harper and Wharton, 2000; Kowalewski et al., 2000; Leighton, 2001) and sessile echinoderms (e.g., Baumiller, 1990, 1993, 1996; Donovan, 1991a; Baumiller and Macurda, 1995). However, many important fossil groups of prey have been underrepresented in studies of predator-prey interactions.

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Kowalewski, M., Nebelsick, J.H. (2003). Predation on Recent and Fossil Echinoids. In: Kelley, P.H., Kowalewski, M., Hansen, T.A. (eds) Predator—Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_12

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