Animal Behavior Frozen in Time: Gregarious Behavior of Early Jurassic Lobsters within an Ammonoid Body Chamber

Adiël A. Klompmaker; René H. B. Fraaije

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031893

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Animal Behavior Frozen in Time: Gregarious Behavior of Early Jurassic Lobsters within an Ammonoid Body Chamber

Adiël A. Klompmaker ,

* E-mail: adielklompmaker@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America
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René H. B. Fraaije

Affiliation Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Boxtel, The Netherlands
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Animal Behavior Frozen in Time: Gregarious Behavior of Early Jurassic Lobsters within an Ammonoid Body Chamber

Adiël A. Klompmaker,
René H. B. Fraaije

Published: March 7, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031893

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Title: “Fossil of Cuddling Tiny Lobsters Discovered | Sociable Crustaceans | LiveScience”
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