Abstract:<p>Animal body size provides information about the trophic position and reproductive strategies of species, and the presence of environmental stressors. The distribution of body sizes in fossils can be easily measured, making it an important tool for paleoecological studies. However, preservational and collection biases might influence the primary measurements and thus the results. Intuitively, smaller specimens of the same species should be more prone to destructive processes such as fracturing … Show more
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