Extended Data Fig. 2: Relationships between shell length and shell thickness and change in shell thickness of foraminifera during the PTME and T-OAE. | Nature Ecology & Evolution

Extended Data Fig. 2: Relationships between shell length and shell thickness and change in shell thickness of foraminifera during the PTME and T-OAE.

From: Brachiopods and forams reduced calcification costs through morphological simplification during mass extinction events

Extended Data Fig. 2: Relationships between shell length and shell thickness and change in shell thickness of foraminifera during the PTME and T-OAE.

a, Scaling relationship of Diplosphaerina inaequalis. b, Shell thickness of D. inaequalis. c, Scaling relationship of Globivalvulina lukachiensis. d, Shell thickness of G. lukachiensis. e, Scaling relationship of Siphovalvulina colomi. f, Shell thickness of S.a colomi. g, Scaling relationship of Siphovalvulina gibraltarensis. h, Shell thickness of S. gibraltarensis. i, Scaling relationship of Glomospira tetragona. j, Shell thickness of G. tetragona. k, Scaling relationship of Glomospira tingriensis. l, Shell thickness of G. tingriensis. m, Scaling relationship of Glomospira sinensis. n, Shell thickness of G. sinensis. o, Scaling relationship of Glomospirella pavida. p, Shell thickness of G. pavida. q, Scaling relationship of Textularia dollfussi. r, Shell thickness of T. dollfussi. s, Scaling relationship of Mesoendothyra croatica. t, Shell thickness of M. croatica. u, Scaling relationship of Valvulina triangularis. v, Shell thickness of V. triangularis. w, Scaling relationship of Duotaxis birmanica. x, Shell thickness of D. birmanica. The shaded area around the regression curve represents the 95% confidence interval. Statistical test: two-sided Mann–Whitney U -test. Each boxplot displays the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, with whiskers extending to the 5th and 95th percentiles.

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