Amazing Cyclidans — the Witnesses of the Great Extinction: Part II

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Abstract

Cyclidans are a group of extinct crustaceans that remain enigmatic due to the rarity of their fossils. They inhabited both the water bodies with different salinity and fresh waters. Cyclidans were among the main components of the reef communities and settled on the practically dead seabed. Neither their ancestors nor the reasons for their extinction are known. The cyclidan morphotype allows us to consider their origin by analogy with the evolution of crabs from lobster-like ancestors and, on this basis, to suggest the appearance of their ancestral form.

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E. V Mychko

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences; Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: eduard.mychko@gmail.com
Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia

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