Thomas A. Hegna, Ph.D<p>This seems like an easy case for uniformitarianism. Modern clam shrimp live in ephemeral freshwater bodies, ergo fossil clam shrimp indicate ephemeral bodies of freshwater. Simple! <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/branchiopoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>branchiopoda</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleoecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoecology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/spinicaudata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinicaudata</span></a><br>4/6</p>