Just in time for
#FossilFriday: Fossil constraints on the origin and evolution of #Platyhelminthes are surprisingly concordant with modern molecular #phylogenies:
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24002
#flatworms
#paleobiology
#paleontology
#fossils
#paleoparasitology
#helminths
#flatworms
In a invited presentation I will summarise our ongoing research @PaleoParaDive on constraining the deep #origin and #evolution of #parasitic #flatworms with #fossil evidence and novel #cophylogenetic methods:
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0432 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42484-8_7
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac050 #paleobiology #paleoparasitology #EvolutionaryBiology
It will be my first time in Brazil and look forward to it and meeting new colleagues.
Today parasites comprise a huge proportion of living biodiversity and play a major role in shaping community structure. Given their ecological significance, parasite extinctions could result in massive cascading effects across ecosystems. It is therefore ...
The global Parasitologist Coalition made a small and fun Parasite Personality Quiz to find out which #parasite reflects you the most! Scan the QR code in the poster or go to https://globalpc.org
Mine turned out to be Amphilina foliacea - an aquatic #tapeworm with a 2-host life cycle which has been hypothesized to have had a larger 3-host life cycle in the #Mesozoic involving #marine #reptiles: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/tr/3cd5bd7e-47de-4ce9-ac1e-8be7e7b79ffe Maybe fitting for #paleobiology to #paleoparasitology #ecology transition
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Kenneth De Baets
Steven Saus [he/him]