Figure 4: Abundance data of macroinvertebrates associated with the Ophthalmosaurus bones. | Nature Communications

Figure 4: Abundance data of macroinvertebrates associated with the Ophthalmosaurus bones.

From: Ecological succession of a Jurassic shallow-water ichthyosaur fall

Figure 4

(a) Encrusting, suspension-feeding, epibionts on the surface of the bones (in blue); macroinvertebrates close to the bones in the enclosing concretion (in red). (b) Trophic categories of macroinvertebrates in the enclosing concretion; suspension feeders dominate the assemblage.

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