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Living Fossils in the Indo-Pacific!

Posted May 08, 2014 9:06 AM

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Researchers have reported a unique discovery; the marine dinoflagellate Dapsilidinium pastielsii in Southeast Asia, notably the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool. This unicellular species, with planktonic and benthic stages, was previously thought to have become extinct within the early Pleistocene. It evolved more than 50 million years ago and is the last survivor of a major early Cenozoic lineage.

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Unicellular species- we're not talking Jurassic Park, then .

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It was considered and the idea dropped. Something about the name 'Dinoflagellate Dapsilidinium Pastielsii Park' just didn't have the same ring to it and so they went back to Michael Crichton and said, "Make them bigger."
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"'Dinoflagellate Dapsilidinium Pastielsii Park' just didn't have the same ring to it and so they went back to Michael Crichton and said, "Make them bigger."" ----

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