Publication: The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity
The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity
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Pimiento, C., Griffin, J. N., Clements, C. F., Silvestro, D., Varela, S., Uhen, M. D., & Jaramillo, C. (2017). The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1(8), 1100–1106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0223-6
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The end of the Pliocene marked the beginning of a period of great climatic variability and sea-level oscillations. Here, based on a new analysis of the fossil record, we identify a previously unrecognized extinction event among marine megafauna (mammals, seabirds, turtles and sharks) during this time, with extinction rates three times higher than in the rest of the Cenozoic, and with 36% of Pliocene genera failing to survive into the Pleistocene. To gauge the potential consequences of this event for ecosystem functioning, we evaluate
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- Griffin, John N
- Clements, Christopher F
- Silvestro, Daniele
- Varela, Sara
- Uhen, Mark D
- Jaramillo, Carlos
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Pimiento, C., Griffin, J. N., Clements, C. F., Silvestro, D., Varela, S., Uhen, M. D., & Jaramillo, C. (2017). The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1(8), 1100–1106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0223-6
