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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
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Studies traces & trace fossils. Latest book LIFE SCULPTED (U. of Chicago Press, 2023), also wrote DINOSAURS WITHOUT BONES (2014), THE EVOLUTION UNDERGROUND (2017), TRACKING THE GOLDEN ISLES (2020). Author website: ajmartinauthor.com
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Pleased to see a main theme of my book 'The Evolution Underground' (2017) is still being explored & more clearly defined, that the evolution of burrowing animals changed entire ecosystems, starting with ocean bottoms. Authors also address reef builders as ecosystem engineers. 🧪⚒️🪱🪨🪸 #paleoecology

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How to engineer a habitable planet: the rise of marine ecosystem engineers through the Phanerozoic doi.org/10.1111/pala... 🧪⚒️🌊 Cribb & Darroch, 2024. "[T]hrough the Phanerozoic, it is clear that bioturbators and reef-building ecosystem engineers have had different trajectories over geological time"

Multicoloured plot showing the relative abundance of different reef-building organisms through time. Vertical axis indicates relative abundance of the different groups, horizontal axis represents time from the Cambrian (over 500 million years ago) on the left to the present day on the right. A white vertical line towards the left of the plot indicates a reef gap that is seen during Stage 10 of the Cambrian Period. Legend at the bottom indicates the colours used for ten different reef-builder groups (including, among others, different corals, sponges and tube worms). Alt Text from @ThePalAss
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I loved your book!

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
@ichnologist.bsky.social
Studies traces & trace fossils. Latest book LIFE SCULPTED (U. of Chicago Press, 2023), also wrote DINOSAURS WITHOUT BONES (2014), THE EVOLUTION UNDERGROUND (2017), TRACKING THE GOLDEN ISLES (2020). Author website: ajmartinauthor.com
1.1k followers308 following808 posts
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