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dc.contributor.authorPates, S
dc.contributor.authorXue, Y
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T15:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-31
dc.date.updated2024-05-21T14:39:59Z
dc.description.abstractThe diversification of macroscopic pelagic arthropods such as caryocaridid archaeostracans was a crucial aspect of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, and the plankton revolution. A pelagic mode of life has been inferred for caryocaridids from their common presence in black graptolitic shales alongside carapace morphologies that appear streamlined. However, the hydrodynamic performance within the group and comparisons with other archaeostracans were lacking. Here we use a computational fluid dynamics approach to quantify the hydrodynamic performance of caryocaridids, and other early Palaeozoic archaeostracans including Arenosicaris inflata and Ordovician ceratiocaridids. We show that streamlining of the carapace was an important factor facilitating a pelagic mode of life in caryocaridids, in reducing the drag coefficient and facilitating a broader range of lift coefficients at different angles of attack. However, comparable hydrodynamic performance is also recovered for some ceratiocaridids. This suggests that alongside carapace streamlining, adaptations to appendages and thinning of the carapace were also important for a pelagic mode of life in Ordovician caryocaridids.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 19 (5), article e0304559en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0304559
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/136003
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://osf.io/jv32t/
dc.rights© 2024 Pates, Xue. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_GB
dc.titleHydrodynamic performance of Ordovician archaeostracan carapacesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2024-05-21T15:10:04Z
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from Public Library of Science via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.descriptionData Availability: Data have been uploaded to an OSF project. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/JV32T
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.journalPLoS ONEen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-05-15
dcterms.dateSubmitted2023-08-17
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2024-05-15
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2024-05-21T14:40:02Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2024-06-04T15:14:30Z
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© 2024 Pates, Xue. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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