Comment on "An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks"

Science. 2021 Dec 10;374(6573):eabj8723. doi: 10.1126/science.abj8723. Epub 2021 Dec 9.

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.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Sharks*