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High male sexual investment as a driver of extinction in fossil ostracods by Martins, Maria João Fernandes, Puckett, T. Markham, Lockwood, Rowan, Swaddle, John P., Hunt, Gene

“…Sexual selection favours traits that confer advantages in the competition for mates. In many cases, such traits are costly to produce and maintain, because the…”
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Shifts in sexual dimorphism across a mass extinction in ostracods: implications for sexual selection as a factor in extinction risk by Martins, Maria João Fernandes, Hunt, Gene, Thompson, Carmi Milagros, Lockwood, Rowan, Swaddle, John P., Puckett, T. Markham

“…Sexual selection often favours investment in expensive sexual traits that help individuals compete for mates. In a rapidly changing environment, however,…”
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Sexual dimorphism and sexual selection in cytheroidean ostracodes from the Late Cretaceous of the U.S. Coastal Plain by Hunt, Gene, Martins, M. João Fernandes, Puckett, T. Markham, Lockwood, Rowan, Swaddle, John P, Hall, Christine M. S, Stedman, James

“…Sexual dimorphism is common in many extant animals, but it is difficult to demonstrate in fossil species. Working with material from the Late Cretaceous of the…”
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Transgressive-regressive cycles in Lower Cretaceous strata, Mississippi Interior Salt Basin area of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, USA by Mancini, Ernest A., Markham Puckett, T.

“…Four transgressive-regressive (T-R) cycles and five T-R subcycles have been recognized in Lower Cretaceous strata of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. These T-R…”
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Optimized event stratigraphy of Cenomanian-Turonian ostracods of North Africa and the Middle East by Bekhouch, Garmia, Puckett, T. Markham, Khiari, Abdelkader, Rault Djerrab, Muriel, Meguelatti, Asma, Dinar, Haythem

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Paleogeographic significance of muscle scars in global populations of Late Cretaceous ostracodes by Puckett, T. Markham

“…Ostracodes are among the most useful groups of fossils for applications in paleogeography and plate tectonics, mainly because of their provincial…”
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Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover carbonate petroleum system characterization and modeling, Mississippi Interior Salt Basin area, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, USA by Mancini, Ernest A., Parcell, William C., Puckett, T. Markham, Benson, D. Joe

“…The Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover Formation is a prolific oil and gas reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi Interior Salt…”
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Paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic changes in Paleocene and lower Eocene strata, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA by Mancini, Ernest A., Puckett, T. Markham

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On the Global Distribution of Late Cretaceous Ostracodes: The Genus Bicornicythereis (n. gen.), with Notes on Curfsina by Puckett, T. Markham

“…A new genus of Late Cretaceous (Santonian-early Maastrichtian) ostracodes, Bicornicythereis, is described, based on the following species that occur in the…”
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New Ostracoda species from an Upper Cretaceous oyster reef, northern Gulf Coastal Plain, U.S.A by Puckett, T. Markham

“…This paper describes new species of Ostracoda from Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) oyster reefs of the Eutaw Formation of eastern Alabama. The reefs are…”
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Ostracoda as Indicators of Vertebrate Environments in the Middle Eocene Guys Hill Formation of Jamaica by Puckett, T. Markham

“…Samples collected from the Guys Hill Formation (Yellow Limestone Group, middle Eocene) in the Seven Rivers region of northwestern Jamaica yielded a rich…”
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New species and genera of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Jamaica by Puckett, T. Markham, Colin, Jean-Paul, Mitchell, Simon

“…This paper describes twenty-five new species and three new genera of marine ostracodes from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) deposits of Jamaica. The new…”
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Jurassic and Cretaceous transgressive-regressive (T-R) cycles, Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA by Mancini, Ernest A., Puckett, T. Markham

“…Establishment of a chronostratigraphic framework is fundamental to the correlation of strata and for the interpretation of the geohistory of a basin. For the…”
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Santonian-Maastrichtian planktonic foraminiferal and ostracode biostratigraphy of the northern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA by Puckett, T. Markham

“…The Santonian-Maastrichtian deposits of the northern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States (Mississippi-Alabama) are richly fossiliferous and structurally…”
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Integrated biostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic framework for Upper Cretaceous strata of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA by Mancini, Ernest A., Puckett, T.Markham, Tew, Berry H.

“…Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Maastrichtian stages) strata of the eastern US Gulf Coastal Plain represent a relatively complete section of marine to nonmarine…”
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Ocular shell structures in some Cretaceous trachyleberid Ostracoda by Kontrovitz, Mervin, Puckett, T. Markham

“…This is the first study of internal ocular shell structures of Cretaceous ostracodes. Internal molds from eight species of four genera from Santonian,…”
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