Growth fabrics of sessile shelly benthos: Superstratal; (Artwork by Albert Casanelles; adapted from Gili et al., 1995, fig. 15).

A) Rudist lithosome dominated by the large hippuritid Vaccinites vesiculosus, in the Campanian Samhan Formation of Saiwan, Haushi-Huqf massif, Central Oman. Hammer shaft is 35cm long. Photo by Peter Skelton.

New published manuscript: Myths and models of #rudist ecology
P.W. Skelton and E. Gili
Link: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GE...

Living on the edge: Response of rudist bivalves (Hippuritida) to hot and highly seasonal climate in the low-latitude Saiwan site, Oman Abstract. Earth’s climate history serves as a natural laboratory for testing the effect of warm climates on the biosphere. The Cretaceous period featured a prolonged greenhouse climate characterized b...

Check out our latest #preprint in which we use a combination of #clumped and #oxygen #isotope measurements to reconstruct extreme summer temperatures experienced by #fossil #rudist bivalves from the Late #Cretaceous in Oman. All feedback is welcome!
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

It’s also Rudy’s birthday.

#RudIst
👆魯迪Rudy跟伊斯特凡Istvan的標籤