IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v399y1999i6731d10.1038_19881.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Naked foraminiferans revealed

Author

Listed:
  • Jan Pawlowski

    (University of Geneva
    Museum of Natural History)

  • Ignacio Bolivar

    (University of Geneva)

  • José Fahrni

    (University of Geneva)

  • Colomban de Vargas

    (University of Geneva)

  • Samuel S. Bowser

    (Wadsworth Center)

Abstract

It is generally assumed that the first fossil appearance of a group of organisms corresponds to its evolutionary origin. But we have molecular evidence that extant members of the most abundant microfossil-forming group, the Foraminifera, include ‘naked’ amoeboid species, indicating that ancestral foraminiferans could be unfossilized. This means that the origin of the group might be much earlier than has been deduced from the fossil record. This might help to explain the conflicting molecular and fossil data on the origin of the Foraminifera.

Suggested Citation

  • Jan Pawlowski & Ignacio Bolivar & José Fahrni & Colomban de Vargas & Samuel S. Bowser, 1999. "Naked foraminiferans revealed," Nature, Nature, vol. 399(6731), pages 27-27, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:399:y:1999:i:6731:d:10.1038_19881
    DOI: 10.1038/19881
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/19881
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/19881?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:399:y:1999:i:6731:d:10.1038_19881. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.