Comment on "An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks".

Naylor, Gavin J P; de Lima, Arthur; Castro, José I; Hubbell, Gordon; de Pinna, Mario C C · Science · 2021

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Abstract

Sibert and Rubin (Reports, 4 June 2021, p. 1105) report an early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks based on the loss of shark denticle diversity in two widely separated deep-sea sediment cores. We assert that the pattern observed is not a consequence of extinction but results from shifting species ranges induced by global current reorganization.

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