A New Ichnospecies (IMAGE)

Waseda University

A New Ichnospecies

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Recent study identifies a new species of extinct bivalves that seem to have lived in a unique habitat: the shell of an ancient, now extinct, leatherback sea turtle while the turtle was alive, which allowed this species to colonize new environments and facilitated the evolution of new species.

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Waseda University

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